Privileged Pilgrims
Apart from the vice president's vast entourage, hundreds of DPR members have also embarked on the pilgrimage to Mecca—on the pretext of visiting Indonesian diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia.
February 18, 2003
SUNARTO (not his real name) is just an ordinary clerk working in the Protocol Bureau of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR). His office is somewhere near the right elevator of the Gedung Nusantara III building. However, a few days ago Sunarto unexpectedly become the most sought after staff member in the DPR office. This is because some members of the Indonesian legislature were in need of recommendation letters to get an exit permit f
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