Pink Palace Fit for a Prince

Tommy Suharto has been given a VIP cell in Cipinang prison. It is extremely tightly guarded, too. Could this spark a riot?

February 26, 2002

Two years has apparently been long enough to make Tommy brave enough for prison. Earlier, on 6 November 2000, this favorite son of former president Suharto seemed to be afraid of going there. Based on the outcome of an appeal to the High Court, both he and business partner Ricardo Gelael were each sentenced to 18 months in jail in a corruption case over the Bulog-Goro land swap scam. But Tommy elected to become a fugitive, while Ricardo went

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