Word: soraya
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Justice Department's campaign-finance task force may soon confer immunity on ARIEF and SORAYA WIRIADINATAS, the Indonesian couple who were the largest individual donors to the D.N.C. in '96. The pair, who are closely tied to Lippo Group principals MOCHTAR and JAMES RIADY, say they gave $450,000 to the D.N.C. at the urging of JOHN HUANG (the money has since been returned). Though they could help build a case against Huang and others, they may opt not to play and remain in Indonesia. The task force, meanwhile, is pressuring frequent donor Johnny Chung, by threatening an indictment...
...Friday the Democratic Party announced that it would return $450,000 it had received in 1995 from Arief and Soraya Wiriadinata, two Indonesians with ties to the Riady empire who lived briefly in Northern Virginia. Only 10 days before, Democratic National Committee chairman Don Fowler had said the donation was legal and had been "thoroughly reviewed." But on Friday the D.N.C. said that the Wiriadinatas had "not filed their U.S. income tax return for 1995" and that the committee could not take the money "in these circumstances." The D.N.C. said it would return the money--just as soon...
...White House sent a routine get-well card to Hashim Ning, co-founder and major shareholder of the Lippo Group, a $6 billion insurance, banking and real estate empire controlled by Indonesian patriarch Mochtar Riady. Not long after the card was received, Hashim's daughter and son-in-law, Soraya and Arief Wiriadinata, donated $425,000 to the D.N.C. The Wiriadinata couple, who were living in suburban Virginia, had been U.S. residents for only a short time. They have since returned to Indonesia, where several of the checks they contributed may have been signed...
...This Issue: Spencer S. Hsu '90 Night Editor: Jennifer M. Frey '90 Brian R. Hecht '92 Matthew M. Hoffman '91 Lan N. Nguyen '93 Joseph R. Palmore '91 Editorial Editor: Joshua M. Sharfstien '91 Features Editor: Eric S. Solowey '91 Sports Editor: Michael R. Grunwald '92 Photo Editor: Soraya J.A. Obura '93 Business Editor: Raymond Nomizu '91 Copy Editor: Angela...