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...predecessor. Those characteristics explain much of Taufik's current behavior, friends say. "He knows the perils and dangers of being political and the President's spouse, and yet he has embraced his position as a power broker," says Jeffrey Winters, an American academic and author of numerous books on Indonesia who is also personally close to both the President and Taufik...
...Bumi Resources, a small energy business run by the Bakrie clan, which has interests ranging from real estate to palm oil to telecommunications. Lately, the Bakries have experienced difficulty raising capital due to the underperformance of the conglomerate as a whole. When Bumi Resources needed $150 million to buy Indonesia's second largest private coal company, it received it from the state-run workers pension fund?Jamsostek?and the country's largest bank, Bank Mandiri. A businessman intimate with the deal says Taufik supported Bumi's funding requests. Not so, says a spokesperson for the Bakrie Group of companies...
...known for his close ties to the gambling underworld. Taufik and some family members (but not Megawati) were vacationing on an island owned by Winata. Taufik also famously conducted a prolonged shopping spree in New York City with Jacob Nursalim, the nephew of Syamsul Nursalim, one of Indonesia's largest debtors. Indeed, as TIME wrapped up an interview with Taufik at his home on a recent Saturday morning, Jacob could be seen waiting in the wings, tying the shoes of Taufik's three-year-old granddaughter and preparing Taufik's bags to be carried to the car. "I've known...
...accused of capitalizing on his wife's position, Taufik Kiemas appears unruffled. The country's first First Husband was relaxed, almost jovial, when he met Time's Jason Tedjasukmana in the presidential manor to address his outsized role in Indonesia's political and business life...
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