One More Visit, One More Billion

The vice president's state-funded travels are expensive and often include party matters in the agenda. Should this be regulated by the Presidential Law?

March 5, 2002

THE residents of Rancaekek Wetan village found themselves in a fluster when Vice President Hamzah Haz arrived at the cemetery of the village leading into the regency of Bandung, West Java. He was heavily guarded by security forces. Regional officials, including the regent, district head and village chief, accompanied him. An official from the local council of Islamic scholars led the rituals. Hamzah, who wore a sarong and an Islamic kopiah

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