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TABLE 3.3 (Continued)
In an interview on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Indonesian
political commentator Wimar Witoelar was asked, “So when it comes to the
kleptocrats, those dictators that corruptly took money from their own countries,
is Suharto at the top of the heap?” His reply well encapsulated years of
misrule: “In modern times, I would say yes. It’s hard to think of anyone who
can combine excellence in human rights abuse, in financial theft and in the
undermining of the legal system and the political system. He is a man who
did it all. He is the Grand Slam of all despots.” 50
Pakistan
Family Member and
Companies a Principal Foreign Partners b
Sudwikatmono Lawry’s Prime Rib, Morrison Knudsen, Planet
Cousin of Suharto Hollywood, Sotheby’s, Asahi Glass, Pohang Iron
288 companies and Steel, Axiom Properties
Hashim Djojohadikusumo Cabot Corporation, Metropolitan Life, MEC,
Son-in-law’s brother
9 companies
New Hope Corporation
Ari Sigit EDC International, Leever Continental, Kuk
Grandson
28 companies
Kong Construction
aMichael Backman, Asian Eclipse: Exposing the Dark Side of Business in Asia (Singapore: John
Wiley & Sons, 1999), 262–266.
bBackman, Asian Eclipse, 293–294 is the source of information in this listing, except where
otherwise noted.
cPeter Engardio and Michael Shari, “The Suharto Empire,” BusinessWeek, August 19, 1996,
46–47.
dGeorge J. Aditjondro, “US Business Links of the Suharto and Habibie Families and Their
Cronies,” Southeast Asian Science Policy Advisory Network, July 1998, www.icsea.or.id/sea-span
/0798/OT0819LL.htm, (accessed July 8, 2003; no longer available online).
Arguably the most dangerous nation on Earth, Pakistan is a bubbling cauldron
of corruption and crime, where grasping politicians, greedy generals,
drug smugglers, and terrorists intermix in a volatile web, made more threatening
by a nuclear bazaar operated as a national sideline. Corruption and
criminality run from the top down, with the political class constantly loot-