Closing the Gate(s)
Convicted of embezzling Bulog funds, Sapuan is sentenced to two years behind bars. Still, the verdict failed to uncover the crucial, alleged role of the president and his cronies.
March 27, 2001
THE scandal concerning funds from the State Logistics Agency, better known as Bulog, that managed to rock Indonesia's political stage turned out to be as dry as sawdust when it finally made it to court. Last February, the case of Rp35 billion misappropriated from Bulog's Bina Sejahtera Foundation (Yanatera) managed to land President Abdurrahman Wahid with a strong memorandum (read censure) from the House of Representatives (DPR). The president and
...