Tracking wealth

Tracking wealth

Those seriously (as opposed to farcically) investigating the
wealth of the New Order president, his family, ministers, other
officials, and associates, and of his successor and his family,
ministers, other officials, and associates, should send someone
to Manila to talk to those who were involved in tracking down
Ferdinand Marcos' wealth. The Filipinos should be able to advise
on the best and most expeditious ways to locate the hidden assets
of the Indonesians.

The hidden assets of the plutocrats are not going to be found
with authorization letters relating to accounts held only in the
signers' names -- however arrogant, flagrant, and notorious the
thieves of the wealth of the Indonesian people may have been or
still be, they certainly weren't stupid enough to open foreign
bank accounts for their plunder in their own names -- presumably
they used fictitious names, agents' names, or other names, but
not their own.

WILLIS W. JOURDIN JR.

Yogyakarta