Banking Traditions
Hendra Rahardja, a big-time thief of state money, has been sentenced to a life term. There's only one problem though: he is in Australian custody.
March 26, 2002
Hendra Rahardja, a.k.a. Tan Tjie Hien, 58, should have been languishing in the oppressive atmosphere of Jakarta's Cipinang Prison as of last Friday, were it not for the fact that he has been in Australian police custody for almost three years now. The former president commissioner of the liquidated PT Bank Harapan Sentosa (BHS) bank was given the life penalty by the Central Jakarta District Court on that day for robbing the country of Rp3.8 tr
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