Money Laundering
‘Laundry’ Factory
Bahasyim’s company was allegedly a money laundering center.
April 28, 2010
THE over-12-hectare property is surrounded by a 3-meter-high barbed wired wall. A cluster of bamboo, rambutan and teak trees surrounds the compound. There is no name plate and a lone security guard stands at the gate. “That is Pak Bahasyim’s factory,” says Ria, a neighbor who lives near the property in Jalan Kebayunan, Leuwinanggung, Tapos, West Java.
Bahasyim Assifie, mentioned by Ria, is former Head of the Jakarta Tax Audit and Investiga
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