Wisma Indocement is where Sudono Salim's wheels of fate turn. From the office building on Jalan M.H. Thamrin, Jakarta, the taipan ran his business empire that had assets worth tens of trillions of rupiahs. But, from this same tall building too, one after another of his assets had to change hands.

Shaken after being hit by the crisis, and to pay his debts worth Rp52.6 trillion to the state, Salim surrendered 107 of his companies to the Ind