DEFENSE PLEA: The former minister of trade and industry and

Wed, 04 Sep 2002

DEFENSE PLEA: The former minister of trade and industry and former chief of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog), Rahardi Ramelan, gives his defense statement during his graft trial in the South Jakarta District Court. Rahardi maintained on Tuesday that he had disbursed Rp 40 billion (US$4.4 million) of Bulog funds to then state secretary Akbar Tanjung, now speaker of the House of Representatives, and Rp 10 billion to then military chief Wiranto with the consent of then president B.J. Habibie.

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