Desperately Seeking Treasure

The Indonesian government shows just how desperate for cash it is by repeatedly seeking the country's lost billions. Most schemes turn out to be of the wild goose chase variety.

In the past, there was the multi-trillion-rupiah savings account known as the Revolutionary Fund. According to believers, President Sukarno paid millions of US dollars into accounts in several European banks before he was toppled.

Then there is the Nusantara or A

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