Dollars, Mansions and Harleys

A former tax official was found depositing Rp70 billion in the accounts of his wife and children. It almost escaped detection.

April 14, 2010

A GRIM smile was on the face of Bahasyim Assifie by midnight on Friday last week. “Please pray for me,” said the former head of the Jakarta Tax Audit and Investigation Office after an 11-hour police interrogation. With droopy eyes and sluggish pace, the 58-year-old looked around uncertainly. The police took Bahasyim to the Jakarta Metro Police detention house. He was officially detained that night for alleged corruption, money laundering and

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