Elite Purses `Flash their Stash'

Indonesia's Audit Commission on State Officials' Wealth last week published details of the reported fortunes of some top officials. This should have been a landmark in the country's bid to stamp out corruption, but many things remain unclear. The origin of the items declared is generally not clarified in detail. The officials, including President Abdurrahman Wahid and Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri generally simply state result of `own bus...