The Battle for BPK

Back-room dealing for the nation's top audit agency is heating up, with parties seen to favor malleable, politically inexperienced candidates.

February 19, 2002

EVIDENTLY, the pleasant and wellestablished life of a top-drawer accountant is not fully satisfying enough for Kanaka Puradiredja. Proof of this is to be found in the fact that this former partner in Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (KPMG)—one of the five foremost accounting agencies in the world known collectively as "The Big Five"—is not turning down the opportunity of becoming a member of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).

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