The Broker Lies Low

As a land broker he commanded both respect and fear. Now his wealth is gone after a brush with Opstib.

May 29, 2007

HAJI Djuhri can no longer be seen relaxing on his sofa on the front terrace of his house. Since the Meruya land dispute escalated, the 87-year-old grandfather has largely been confined to his house. He doesn’t want to meet with anyone he does not already know. “But he’s in good health. [He] never had a stroke as claimed by Yan Juanda, Portanigra’s lawyer,” said Djuhri’s ninth child Firmansyah when speaking with Tempo. “Only sometime

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