Knocking on Wood

Timber Baron Prajogo Pangestu has officially been declared a suspect in a case of misappropriation of reforestation funds by his company PT Musi Hutan Persada. TEMPO has obtained several documents pointing to irregularities in the company’s business. Will Prajogo be imprisoned, dragging others down with him?

June 12, 2001

Prajogo Pangestu ranks at the top with ‘Bob’ Hasan, both in his closeness to former president Suharto and his giant forest and timber businesses. But it’s unknown whether he’ll follow Bob to a narrow cell on the prison isle of Nusakambangan. Last week, in an interesting development amid a sudden and muddled reshuffling of the cabinet, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) officially declared Prajogo a suspect in a corr

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