sakser en artikkel om økonomiske bånd mellom Øst-Timor og Suharto-familien
fra East Timor International Support Center (ETISC)
(http://www.easttimor.com/)
George J. Aditjondor: "Unmasking the Indonesian Interests behind the
pro-Jakarta Militias" fra 8. sept.
http://www.easttimor.com/news_today/aditjondro.htm
En smakebit:
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First of all, East Timor is the Indonesian "province" with the second
largest landholdings under control of the Soeharto family, namely 564,867
hectares. CNRT, the umbrella organisation of the East Timorese resistance,
has made it clear, last March, that they plan to seize the millions of
dollars worth of these properties, after independence has been obtained
(Sydney Morning Herald, 30 March).
These landholdings stretch from the Western border to the Eastern tip of
East Timor, consisting of a 50,000 hectares timber plantation allocated to
Bob Hasan, one of the Soeharto family’s business operators, to tens of
thousands of hectares of sugarcane plantations awarded to the kids on the
Southern coast, stretching from Suai to Viqueque and to Los Palos in the
district of Lautem. In addition, the best marble deposits in Manatuto, has
been awarded to Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, Soeharto’s eldest daughter, who
also has a monopoly over coffee production and export from East Timor,
through a company of hers in Dili.
These Soeharto interests are closely intertwined with the business
interests of other generals who had served under Soeharto, both during the
Seroja Operation to invade and annex East Timor, as well as in other
military operations. Batara Indra, an Indonesian conglomerate backed by
Ret. Generals Benny Moerdani and Dading Kalbuadi, the mastermind behind the
killings of Australian-based journalists in Balibo and Dili, controls the
sandalwood forests of East Timor, and the production of sandalwood oil for
export to produce sandalwood perfumed soap in France and sandalwood powder
for incense sticks for export to East Asia. Batara Indra also exports
Buddhist statues to Taiwan and Catholic statues to Italy, made from East
Timorese sandalwood and marble.
Most of the hotels and the only cinema in Dili, are owned by Batara Indra,
while all the large construction firms in Dili, which are involved in all
the large infrastructure projects, including building the irrigation canals
and ditches for Indonesian "transmigrants", either belong to Benny
Moerdani’s Batara Indra Group, or to the Anak Liambau Group of the
Jakarta-appointed governor, Jose Abilio Osorio-Soares.
Supply of cement is now problem to all those contractors. Because two
companies close to the Soehartos are their main suppliers: the Djajanti
Group cement factory on the island of Seram, north of Timor, which is
headed by a son of Ret. General Try Sutrisno, Soeharto’s former vice
president, and the cement factory near Kupang on West Timor, which is owned
by Ret. General Arnold Baramuli, whose son co-owns the alcohol sticker
company of Soeharto’s grand-son, Ari Haryo Wibowo.
The governor’s family is also closely intertwined with the Soeharto
family’s businesses. Gil Alves, a brother-in-law of Governor Abilio,
operates the alcohol sticker monopoly of Ari Haryo Wibowo, also known as
Ari Sigit. In addition, as the chairperson of Yayasan Hati, a charity of
former East Timorese collaborators during the Seroja Operation, Gil Alves
is also involved in a drinking water company, Aquamor, and a textile
company, PT Dilitex, which are closely linked with Siti Hediati Haryadi,
Soeharto’s middle daughter who is married to the sacked General Prabowo
Subianto.
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Knut Rognes