Ali Wardhana's Bahana-gate?

The attorney general has banned Ali Wardhana, a former coordinating economics minister, from traveling abroad. Was he involved in corruption at the debt-saddled PT Bahana?

March 13, 2001

AT THE end of last week, there was a surprise announcement from the Attorney General's Office, stating that Ali Wardhana was banned from traveling abroad. This former New Order technocrat is regarded as one of the architects of the Indonesian economy and, together with Prof. Widjojo Nitisastro, was nicknamed the "Boss of the Berkeley Mafia." Presumably, the attorney general is making the assumption that Wardhana was involved in corruption at PT Baha

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