Jakarta's sights on Soeharto billions


	Jakarta's sights on Soeharto billions

tabsey

9-25-2007 4:28 AM

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corruption, politics

tabsey says:

$18b would have been handy after the tsunami. Soeharto must have really loved his people-not.

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recovering stolen money after meeting World Bank chief Robert
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