Pak Kaning Awaits Appeal

Golkar in East Kalimantan nominates Syaukani H.R. as candidate governor for the province. Golkar considers him not guilty even though the verdict against him has been passed.

January 29, 2008

DESPITE being behind bars, Syaukani Hasan Rais’s charisma still bewitches the top Golkar leaders of East Kalimantan. This convict in a number of corruption cases, which caused the state to suffer more than Rp100 billion in financial losses, is being touted as candidate for governor in the gubernatorial election to be held in May 2008. To await Pak Kaning, as Syaukani is fondly called, the registration of the Golkar convention is being made flex

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