Friends in Kudus, Enemies in Singapore

Djuhar Sutanto, the partner of Liem Sioe Liong in Waringin Kencana, is being taken to court in Singapore. The wealth of the Salim Group is at stake.

October 9, 2001

FRIENDSHIP is not eternal, only possessions are. This ancient proverbaptly describes the business relationship between Imin Sugiono and Djuhar Sutanto, who both come from Fujian in China. Fifty years ago they played together and at the end of the 1950s, they lived in Kudus, Central Java, where they stayed in the same house, even sharing the same room. This is how their friendship began. The friendship then became closer as the two friends wor...

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