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March 25, 2008 edition

ZATAPI is becoming notorious. The imported crude oil product from Gold Manor has now resulted in Pertamina’s CEO coming under attack from all side. Aside from the company’s board of commissioners, it has also attracted the attention of the Attorney General’s Office and House of Representatives, who have caught wind of irregularities behind the importation of Zatapi crude oil.
A pile of documents indicates that a series of import tender procedures were violated. A Tempo investigation from Cilacap to Singapore has untangled the links between the oil “merchants” behind the company based in the British Virgin Islands. The importation of “black gold” it seems, remains an appealing field for the pursuit of dirty money.

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February 5, 2008 edition

SOLEH Solahuddin now has little chance of escaping from the Attorney General’s prisoner’s dock. The pile of evidence on the flow of bribes he received from Monsanto will make it difficult for the Minister of Agriculture during the administration of former President B.J. Habibie to evade the courts any longer. But should he alone bear the entire responsibility for the massive bribery scandal involving the transgenic cotton supply company from the United States? Although the amounts only involve around Rp7 billion, an investigation by the KPK, the AGO and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation indicates that Monsanto’s “tributes” were enjoyed by scores of government officials.

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