Hats off to DPR members<\/p>\n
From Jayakarta<\/p>\n
The Indonesian community is excited over the pluck shown by
\nCommission VI of the House of Representatives (DPR), with South
\nSulawesi senior politician Soenarjo Hadade as spokesman, to bring
\nto light the Rp 50 billion collected from the Bukit Asam Coal
\nMines cooperation contracts and deposited in the personal account
\nof Minister of Mines and Energy I.B. Sudjana. The reason for the
\ncollection was the wastefulness of PT Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam
\nin its operations.<\/p>\n
Rightfully, President Soeharto should take steps to channel
\nthe funds into the state treasury. They are still in the name of
\nthe Ministry of Mines and Energy, but no longer in Sudjana's
\npersonal account.<\/p>\n
Hats off to Soenarjo Hadede, and my respect to I.B. Sudjana,
\nwho two years ago took action in the collection of the funds from
\nBukit Asam.<\/p>\n
If former ministers of mines and energy Sadli, Subroto and
\nGinanjar Kartasasmita had done the same as Sudjana, the amount of
\nstate money misappropriated would not have been so huge. This
\nmoney went into the personal accounts of some members of the
\nboard of directors in state-owned companies, like Pertamina and
\nTimah.<\/p>\n
The hefty manipulations allowed them to amass enormous wealth,
\nwhich later on led to ownership of hotels, banks and automotive
\nindustries. The state's profit only went to a number of
\nfacilities like Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, the Harapan Kita
\nHospital, the veterans' building and the Jakarta Convention
\nCenter.<\/p>\n
There was a delay of two years in bringing up the matter of
\nthe Bukit Asam funds. We appreciate it nonetheless.<\/p>\n
H.G. MALIKMASS<\/p>\n
Ciputat, West Java<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/hats-off-to-dpr-members-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }