The Trembling Banyan Tree
A legal case over missing funds from Bulog is giving the Golkar Party trouble and threatening the future of its chairman, Akbar Tandjung. And potential successors are starting to weigh up their chances.
October 16, 2001
It surprised few when the investigation into former Bulog chief Rahardi Ramelan finally touched on the Golkar Party. On Tuesday last week, Rahardi told an investigating prosecutor where missing funds of Rp54.6 billion had gone. Rp40 billion was issued through then state secretary, Akbar Tandjung, he said, and another Rp10 billion through then defense minister and TNI commander, General Wiranto. The remainder went to PT Goro Batara Sakti, a Bulog ...