The Two Faces of Ginandjar

In the eyes of TEMPO’s respondents, Ginandjar Kartasasmita has two faces: he is a New Order official whose guilt is hard to prove and a political victim.

April 17, 2001

This is perhaps a belated ‘birthday gift.’ But it may bring a broad smile to former minister of mining and energy Ginandjar Kartasasmita, who turned 60 last week in a detention cell of the Attorney General’s Office. Not all citizens of Jakarta, at least as reflected in TEMPO’s poll, regard him as a New Order criminal, though.

In about the same proportion, other respondents consider him a victim of Indonesia’s post-r

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