Indonesia’s Oldest Party Picks a Shakedown Artist
Golkar, Indonesia’s oldest political party, has just elected as its chairman a man who was caught on tape in mid-November attempting to shake down Freeport McMoRan for 20 percent of the US mining giant’s Indonesian shares under a divestment scheme.
He is Setya Novanto, 60, who was driven from the speakership of the House of Representatives because of the…
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