Big Salary, Even Bigger Gifts

'Gifts' is the stock answer from representatives when asked where their wealth came from.

September 11, 2001

It seems that the politicians at Senayan really have been working hard. In the last two years two presidents have fallen, but their wealth has risen. The list of wealth of senior officials released by the Audit Commission on State Officials' Wealth at the beginning of September is proof of that. Suddenly they have luxury cars in their garages. Their deposit accounts are overflowing. They own land everywhere. The gross salary of a member of the...

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