A Well-Heeled Man
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
I ONCE sold rice at Gambir and weighed flour unloaded from ships," said a humble Hadi Poernomo 13 years ago.
At that time he had just been appointed as tax director-general and given an exclusive interview to Forum Keadilan magazine. "The flour I weighed belonged to Liem Sioe Liong," he added, mentioning the tycoon, who was a close friend of President Suharto.
In 2001, the time of the interview, Hadi Poernomo was gaining prominence. After a career
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