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Suharto's Clan: Still in Business, Stumbling in Politics

Accountability runs thin in Indonesia

Our Correspondent
Apr 03, 2023
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For decades, they were among the richest, most powerful – and arrogant – people in Asia, and possibly among the most feared. They ran Jakarta as if they owned it, which indeed they seemed to. They were the children of Indonesia’s dictator Suharto, who ruled the country from 1967 until May 21, 1998, when he was finally driven from power by the Asian Fina…

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