TAUFIK Surya Darma was only 38 years of age when he bought the rights over Hutomo Mandala Putra’s debts worth Rp4.5 trillion from the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) in 2003. Amazingly, he bought this ‘treasure’ for only Rp512 billion—one-ninth of the original value.

However, it is this transaction which is now putting Taufik in a spot. His name is now being spotlighted by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), on possi