The
man whose regime is responsible for the wholesale murder
of thousands, if not millions of Indonesians (his
"government" killed an estimated 100,000 Balinese
in one year alone, during 1965 to 1966) is
currently ranked as the 6th richest man in the world,
with an estimated personal wealth of $16,000,000,000.
His party created the corrupt, mafia style, feared
Indonesian police (see our report on the Bali
Police - they are still doing the Suharto regime's
memory proud). His family enjoy lives of luxury around
the world courtesy of blood money, including from investments
made with that money, and from the theft of land under
compulsory purchase programs. Although often disguised
through "front" trading companies in Jakarta,
you will probably be amazed how much of Bali they still
own or control.
What may really make your blood boil and want to avoid
giving them any money now is the fact that the Suharto
family got much / most of their wealth from extorting
money given to the Indonesian people by the IMF (International
Monetary Fund). Of course most realize that
the IMF get their money from foreign donor countries
(such as the USA, European Countries, Australia, New
Zealand, etc.). And in turn the governments of these
donor countries get the money they gave to the IMF from
you, in the form of taxes. So, the Suharto's
took money from your / your family's own pockets
to build their business empire and personal wealth.
How do you feel about that?
Would you stay in one of Suharto's hotels?
I bet you will be shocked as to which ones
they own, owned or have an interest / control in.
Would you use the services / products of any
of Suharto's businesses?
You will probably be amazed at what they own
/ control and who does business with them!
We believe the public have a right to know which hotels
and businesses belong / belonged to or are / were under
the control of the Suharto family. Even if a hotel is
now truly independent of the Suharto empire / family,
they would have had to pay them. Did they also pay compensation
to the land owners who lost their land or worse, the
Balinese that died at the hands of the Suharto regime?
Can any company justify doing business with the Suharto's
in the first place? Can you justify putting money in
the pockets of the Suharto family and / or people that
bought their hotels from / do business with them?
Here is the Suharto family hotel / business list;
Bambang
Trihatmodjo Suharto (son)
Age: 45
Estimated wealth: $3 billion
Major holdings: 38% of Bimantara Citra, one of Indonesia's
largest conglomerates with 27 subsidiaries and interests
in everything from oil and gas to hotels, telecommunications
and animal feed
Property: $8.2 million Singapore apartment, $12 million
Los Angeles estate.
Last sighted: At a bowling alley near Los Angeles
Operating style: Has been transferring cash overseas
and buying shares in foreign markets for several years.
In 1997, say Dutch authorities, he made a "private
visit" to the Netherlands-controlled Caribbean
island of Curaçao, apparently to make a large
deposit in the local branch of an international bank.
Bambang Suharto's Hotel Interests:
Sheraton
Laguna Nusa Dua, Bali
Intercontinental Resort Hotel.
Bambang Suharto's Other Bali Interests:
Bali Turtle Island Development (4800 Ha tourist resort,
Project), Nustra Tours & Travel, promotes golf tours
& has enforced a monopoly over "convention"
tours in Bali.
Hutomo
Mandala Putra "Tommy" Suharto (son)
Age: 36
Estimated wealth: $800 million
Major holdings: 60% of Humpuss Group, which has more
than 60 subsidiaries in industries ranging from construction
to pharmaceuticals
Property: Ranch in New Zealand, Mill Ride Golf Club,
an 18-hole course he partly owns in Ascot, England.
Last sighted: Jakarta courthouse, where he is the only
Suharto child to stand trial for graft
Operating style: Accomplished stock car racer (once
sponsored by Marlboro). Like brother Sigit, he loves
to gamble, thinking nothing of losing $1 million in
a single sitting. One gaming partner says he used to
leave Jakarta on his plane with millions of dollars
to wager in European casinos and stop in Singapore on
the way home to deposit what was left. "Tommy loves
money," says a former business partner. "And
he always wanted it up front." Like his father,
says a friend of the family, Tommy is "very polite,
very cool".
Tommy Suharto's Hotel Interests: Four
Seasons Resort Hotel Sayan, Four
Seasons Resort Hotel Jimbaran, Lor In
Bali Resort Gianyar.
Tommy Suharto's Other Bali Interests:
Mabua Intan Express (Bali / Lombok Ferry), PT Tirtha
Artha Buanamulia drinking water project which refines
600 liters/sec for luxury tourist hotels in Nusa Dua,
Jimbaran, etc. PT Bali Benoa Marina Benoa Bay, with
18-hole golf course. Sempati Airlines. Gatari Air charter
company. Shares in PT Ayung River Rafting company (together
with sons of Bali Governor Ida Bagus Oka): this company
practically monopolizes rafting on the Ayung river,
near Ubud.
Sigit
Harjoyudanto Suharto (son)
Age: 48
Estimated wealth: $800 million
Major holdings: 40% of brother Tommy's Humpuss Group;
silent partner in hundreds of other companies and properties.
Property: Two homes in exclusive Hampstead area of London
worth $12 million each, one in Los Angeles, one outside
Geneva
Last sighted: Suharto family compound in Menteng district
of Jakarta.
Operating style: Serious gambler. Frequented roulette
and baccarat tables in London (he loved the Ritz), Atlantic
City, Las Vegas and Perth; gambling partners say he
wagered up to $3 million a night, with career losses
of more than $150 million. After Sigit suffered a bad
run in Las Vegas in the late 1980s, his father banned
him from gambling abroad. Jakarta bookies organized
a call-in cable TV show featuring a baccarat table;
Sigit, a friend says, lost more than $20 million: "They
set up the scam just for Sigit".
Sigit Suharto's Hotel Interests: Bali
Cliff Resort, Nikko
Bali Resort & Spa, Westin
Nusa Dua, Amanusa
Resort Nusa Dua.
Sigit Suharto's Other Bali Interests:
Uluwatu Ocean Resort.
Siti
Hardiyanti Rukmana "Tutut" Suharto
(daughter)
Age: 50
Estimated wealth: $700 million
Major holdings: Citra Lamtoro Gung Group, with interests
in more than 90 companies ranging from telecommunications
to infrastructure, including tollway projects in Indonesia
and the Philippines.
Property: 12-room, $1 million house with tennis court
and heated pool near Boston; house on London's Hyde
Park Square.
Last sighted: Requesting a hike in tollway rates from
Indonesia's parliament.
Operating style: Politically ambitious, Tutut ascended
to the level of Minister of Social Affairs in her father's
last cabinet. Got her start in business at age 25, when
"Uncle" Liem Sioe Liong gave her 14% of BCA,
the country's largest private bank. She has also adopted
her nephew Ari Sigit's out-of-wedlock daughter, Suharto's
great-grandchild.
Siti Tutut Suharto's Hotel Interests:
Nusa
Dua Beach Hotel.
Siti
Hediati Hariyadi "Titiek" Suharto
(cousin)
Age: 40
Estimated wealth: $75 million
Major holdings: Financial services, power, computers,
banking, property.
Property: Home on London's Grosvenor Square.
Last sighted: Boston, where her son is attending high
school. Her husband, Lieut. General Prabowo Subianto,
is in Jordan looking after his brother's business interests
and visiting an old friend, Jordan's King Abdullah.
Operating style: Chain smoker. Hates dogs. In Jakarta,
she slept in one room; her husband and his Alsatians
in another. Likes Harry Winston, Bulgari and Cartier.
"She loves big chunks of jewelry," says a
woman who has accompanied her on excursions to Switzerland
and England. Former chairwoman of the Indonesian Fine
Arts Foundation, Titiek has a personal art collection
valued at more than $5 million. Adores movie stars.
At a 1994 Suharto party in Bali to celebrate the opening
of Jakarta's Planet Hollywood, she danced the night
away with martial arts star Steven Seagal.
Siti Titiek Suharto's Hotel Interests:
Nikko
Bali Resort & Spa, Ramada
Bintang Bali Hotel, Radisson
Bali Hotel Sanur.
Siti Titiek Suharto's Other Bali Interests:
PT Sanur Hastamitra and PT Sanur Dinamika (Salim Group
companies, with 10% shares owned by sons of Bali Governor
Ida Bagus Oka), PT Pesona First Pacific (Salim Group),
PepsiCo franchise for Indonesia.
Sukamdani S. Gito (cousin)
Sahid
Bali Seaside Hotel, PT Sahid Gema Wisata Tours &
Travel, PT Sahid Visantara Tourindo.
The Kowara family (parents-in-law
of Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana Tutut Suharto)
Teknik Umum Group and Medco Group (holds franchise of
Coca Cola in Indonesia, with a bottling unit in Bali),
Royal Seminyak / Bali Imperial
Hotel.
Ari Haryo Wibowo (grandson)
PT Arha Bali Semaranta Rafting: hold near monopoly over
rafting on the Unda river.
Suharto family members' ages believed correct as of
2003.
Please do not become a victim or part
of the problem. Read:
Bali
Tourism (Should I go, where, and how do I avoid
adding to the problem / putting myself / my family at
risk in Bali?).
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