Ahmad Ali’s Clarification
AFTER reading the cover story of Tempo, November 9, 2020 edition, concerning The Forbidden Fruits, I need to clarify several matters.
Tempo
November 16, 2020
The articles entitled Toll Fee for Fruit Imports, Two Friends from Sulawesi, Special Treatment for Importers and Factions Seeking Fortunes mentioning the involvement of Ahmad Ali in regulating the fruit import quota is an exaggerated allegation and seriously harms my good reputation. Tempo magazine seems to have composed stories to direct public opinion that fruit imports are problematic and there is a corrupt practice in the form of illegal levy
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