Aid Without Traces

The contractor who in 1999 supposedly distributed Rp40 billion in food aid from Bulog turns out to be close to the Golkar chiefs. TEMPO investigations in the field strongly back up claims that this tale of `aid' is pure fiction.

November 13, 2001

Their words were virtually in unison. Akbar Tandjung and Dadang Sukandar could have been two members of a choir, the sound of their voices were so similar. These are the two key actors in the latest scandal to rock the state logistics agency. In 1999 at least one of them received Rp40 billion in off-budget funds from the agency, better known as Bulog.

Akbar's memory had been playing up when asked for the name of the `foundation' that he said dis

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