THE erosion of public credibility towards the business empire begun by Ahmad Bakrie seems to have finally gotten the Bakrie family. Issues from the Lapindo mudflow to taxes and coal royalties have been stalking them for some time. Lately, the public was further shocked by the revelations of tax official Gayus Tambunan on the bribes reportedly paid by PT Bumi Resources, a profitable coal mining company owned by the Bakrie family.

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