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