Chasing Down the Leftovers of Wealth [In Absentia]
Hendra Rahardja's empty chair is to be tried. Although this legal action has come rather late, the judges feel they need to chase down the wealth of corruptors—with or without them.
August 21, 2001
The action of the law against all those who cleaned out banks is like the movement of a snail: slow and frequently stopping. Even a quick glance will show that—of the dozens who cleaned up from banks via Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI), hitting them for a total of Rp144.5 trillion since 1997—only one case has gone through to sentencing: that involving Hendrawan Haryono, the vice president of Bank Asia Pasifik. He was sentenc
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