Pimp 'Pays' Debts as 'Godfather' Strikes

Things are heating up in the war between tycoon Tommy Winata and the infamous pimp Hartono. One by one, Hartono’s assets, including Planet Bali, are being auctioned off.

September 11, 2000

"Due to the greed of a certain conglomerate, my assets have been seized, leaving me destitute. I have been imprisoned by the officials and almost stabbed to death," the well-known pimp Hartono, from behind prison bars at Medaeng Penitentiary in Sidoarjo, East Java, shouted from his cell. Hartono, who was famous for owning a high-class bordello in Prapanca, Jakarta, directed his escalating anger towards his archenemy, boss of closed down Bank Artha

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