Only Taufiq Can Go to China
A ministerial team has gone to China, headed by Taufiq Kiemas, the husband of the president and a legislator, but still a man with no official post. Will Taufiq's good relations bring in any results? Megawati's other right-hand man, Bambang Kesowo, would only say `no comment'.
January 8, 2002
Controversy dogged Taufiq Kiemas as he set off for the People's Republic of China. President Megawati Sukarnoputri's husband is no stranger to the limelight now. He has been pressured to resign from the House of Representatives (DPR) by various public figures. Now his Chinese trip has brought a fresh round of public debate over Mega's main man.
The controversy arose this time because Taufiq went to China not for sightseeing or just to taste Pek
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