SOEHARTO'S BUSINESS EMPIRE IN BALI

[George J. Aditjondro]

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE SUHARTO FAMILY'S GREED !!!

List of members of the Suharto family members and
the hotels or other tourist businesses they control in Bali*)

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Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, (Tutut), President Suharto's eldest daughter
(Citra Lamtoro Gung Group):
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(1). PT Sejahtera Indoco: owns Nusa Dua Beach Hotel (joint venture with
Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam, who bought the hotel from PT
Aerowisata [Garuda Indonesian Airways' subsidiary] for US$ 120 million) in
Nusa Dua; 450 rooms at US$ 120-1,200 per night.
(2). PT Radio Citra Dharma Bali Satya: owns private radio station in
Denpasar (joint venture with younger brother Bimantara's Radio Trijaya in
Jakarta).
(3). PT Joanne Drew Indonesia: holds monopoly over all Joanne Drew fitness
centres in Indonesia, including in Bali.

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Sigit Harjojudanto, President Suharto's eldest son (Arseto Group):
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(1). PT Nusantara Ragawisata: owns Bali Cliff Resort hotel in Ungasan, at
the Bukit Peninsula (joint venture with Japan Air Lines and French hotel
chain, Utell); 200 rooms at US$ 170-2,000 per night.
(2). PT Uluwatu Ocean Resort: owns 335 Ha tourist resort, incl. 45-hole
golf course in Ulu Watu, Bukit Peninsula, near Sigit's Bali Cliff Resort
hotel, where Suharto met Keating, two years ago.
(3). PT Catarison Sukses: owns Nikko Royal Hotel in Sawangan, near Nusa Dua
(joint venture with Sigit's uncle, Sudwikatmono, and a Japanese company);
408 rooms, rates unknown.
(4). PT Bali Inter Resort: owns Sheraton Nusa Indah Resort in Nusa Dua
(joint venture with Sigit's younger brother Bambang's Bimantara Group and
the US Sheraton hotel chain).
(5). Unknown company name: owns Amanusa resort in Nusa Dua (joint venture
with the Hong Kong-based Indonesian Jew businessman, Adrian Zecha);
35-suites at US$ 330-770 per night.

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Bambang Trihatmojo, President Suharto's second son (Bimantara Group,
together with his brother-in-law, Indra Rukmana, Tutut's husband):
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(1). PT Bali Inter Resort: owns Sheraton Nusa Indah Resort in Nusa Dua
(formerly Nusa Indah Bali Convention Centre); 369 rooms at US$ 120-1,200
per night.
(2). PT Nusa Dua Graha: owns Sheraton Lagoon Nusa Dua Beach International
hotel in Nusa Dua (joint venture with PT Aerowisata); 276 rooms at US$
165-1,800 per night.
(3). PT Citra Jimbaran Indah Hotel: owns Bali Intercontinental Hotel in
Jimbaran Bay (joint venture with the Hong Kong based Waverty Properties and
the Indonesian Ustraindo Group); 451 rooms at US$ 99-132 per night.
(4). PT Bali Turtle Island Development (BTID): Bimantara-led consortium
with younger brother Tommy Suharto's Humpuss Group, Gajah Tunggal Group,
Ponco Sutowo (son of former oil magnate, Ibnu Sutowo), and the Udayana Army
Division's PT Pembangunan Kartika Udayana, which will build 4,800 Ha
tourist resort, covering 2,500 Ha of land & 2,300 Ha coast of the Benoa Bay
to Serangan Island (= Turtle Island), with a planned 10-year investment of
US$ 2 billion, modelled after Jakarta's Ancol Dream Park.
(5). PT Cardig Air: handles air cargo at Ngurah Rai International Airport
near Denpasar, in cooperation with the Indonesian Airport Authority company
(PT Angkasa Pura I) and the Air Freight Council of Western Australia
(AFEC).

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Hutomo Mandalaputra Suharto alias Tommy Suharto, President Suharto's
youngest son and former (?) playboy (Humpuss Group):
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(1). PT Humpuss Inc.: Four Seasons Resort in Jimbaran Bay (acquired from
Cleaton Investment Pte. Ltd., in a joint venture with Singapore's Hotel
Properties Ltd.); 147 villas at US$ 195-1,500 per night.
(2). Unknown company name: owns another Four Seasons Resort hotel in Sayan,
Gianyar, near Ubud (joint venture with Adiguna Sutowo, son of former oil
magnate Ibnu Sutowo); 48 rooms and a royal villa for US$ 2,000 per night.
(3). Unknown company name: owns Bali Saba Hotel (taken over from the
bankrupted Summa Group), also in Gianyar.
(4). PT Bali Pecatu Graha: in 1995, it began to appropriate nearly 150 Ha
of land in Pecatu village, Jimbaran Bay, Badung district, from 1,000
farmers, with the help of government officials (who acted as land
speculators) and the Udayana Army division (which received zakat [Muslim
income tax] from Tommy); total resort will consume 650-790 Ha of land,
including 157 Ha for low density luxury houses, 92 Ha for a self-contined
township and 160 Ha for other purposes. This mega-resort will include a
1,350 rooms hotel, a 18-hole golf course and club house, golf lodges, a
recreation and entertainment club, marina, marina village, Balinese
Cultural Village, residential allotments, real estate, a botanical garden
and other tourist amenities, with a total investment of US$ 6 billion. The
appropriation of land for this mega-resort has triggered waves of
villagers' protests to Bali's provincial parliament in the last two years,
which has been strongly repressed by the security apparatus in Bali.
(5). Unknown company name: plans to take over some discotheques in Kuta.
(6). Humpuss Group and Tommy own shares in Bimantara's Bali Turtle Island
Development Project.
(7). Tommy own 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.
(8). PT Mabua Intan Express: owns 40-meter long Mabua Intan Express
catamaran jetfoil boat, that connects the Benoa harbour in Eastern Bali
with the Lembar harbour in Lombok in 150 minutes; the company also owns a
Swedish foilcat 2900 boat, which can cover the same distance in 90 minutes.
(9). PT Bali Benoa Marina: will manage a tourist resort, incl. golf course,
by reclaiming parts of the Benoa Bay (joint venture with PT Mandira Erajasa
Wahana Transportation Aerowisata, a subsidiary of Garuda Indonesian
Airways)
(10). PT Tirta Artha Buanamulia: supplies drinking water provision for the
Jimbaran, Kuta, and Nusa Dua tourist areas (joint venture with the Badung
district goverrnment's drinking water company [PDAM Badung]).
(11). PT Sempati Air: flies between Jakarta, Denpasar, and Perth (joint
venture with the Army-owned company, PT Tri Usaha Bakti, and PT Nusamba,
which is owned by three charities headed by President Suharto [80% shares],
Sigit Harjojudanto [10%], and Sino-Indonesian business tycoon, Bob Hasan
[10%]).
(12). PT Gatari Air Service: chartered flights.
(13). Humpuss Travel Agency: promotes hotels and airlines owned by the Group.

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Siti Hediati Prabowo, President Suharto's second daughter and wife of the
Army's rising star, Mayor General Prabowo Subianto, commander of Army's
special forces unit, Kopassus (Datam/Maharani Group):
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Owns several properties in Bali, incl. a big plot of land in Sayan,
Gianyar, near Ubud, bought from Murni, a Balinese business woman, owner of
a small hotel (Murni's House) and a small restaurant (Murni's Warung) in
Sayan.

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Ari Haryo Wibowo, President Suharto's eldest grand-son (Arha Group):
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(1). PT Arha Bali Semaranta Rafting: hold near monopoly over rafting on the
Unda river which flows from Karangasem to Klungkung districts.
(2). PT Arbamass: attempted to monopolize labelling of alcoholic drinks for
the entire province, but this plan was eventually cancelled by Ari's
grandfather due to the protests from his uncles, aunties, and grand-uncles,
who own most top hotels and tourist resorts in Bali.

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Sudwikatmono, President Suharto's cousin/foster brother (major shareholder
in Indonesia's largest business conglomerate, the Salim Group, together
with Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana [Tutut] and Sigit Harjojudanto, apart from
being a major shareholder in a number of other business conglomerates):
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(1). PT Catarison Sukses: owns Nikko Royal Hotel in Sawangan, near Bali
(joint venture with Sigit Harjojudanto); capacity & rates still unknown.
(2). Unknown company name: owns Ramada Bintang Bali Hotel in Kuta (joint
venture with the Ramada Hotel chain); 400 rooms at US$ 95-888 per night.
(3). Unknown company name: owns Radisson Sanur Beach Bali hotel (RSBB),
also in Sanur (managed by the Salim Group); 425 rooms at US$ 110 - 900 per
night.
(4). PT Sanur Hastamitra and (5). PT Sanur Dinamika (Salim Group companies,
with 10% shares owned by sons of Bali Governor Ida Bagus Oka): Dafa Sanur
Residence and hotel in Mertosari, Sanur.
(6). PT Pesona First Pacific (Salim Group): telephone pagers.
(7). A Salim Group company holds franchise of PepsiCo in Indonesia.

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Sukamdani S. Gitosarjono, half-brother of the late Mrs. Tien Suharto (Sahid
Group):
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(1). PT Sahid Insanadi: owns Sahid Bali Seaside Hotel in Kuta (Rp 15
billion, or US$ 7.5 million investment); 400 rooms at US$ 80-500 per night.
(2). PT Sahid Dwikencana: hotel supplies.
(3). PT Sahid Noel Mitra Sejati: gifts, parcels, florist, and hampers
company (joint venture with Noel Hampers & Gift company from Singapore).
(4). PT Sahid Gema Wisata Tours & Travel: travel agency.
(5). PT Sahid Visantara Tourindo: travel agency.
(6). PT Nara Blantikatama Seni, or Blue Pacific Enterprise: entertainment
company.

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Probosutedjo, President Suharto's stepbrother (Kedaung and Mercu Buana
Groups):
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(1). Unknown company name (Kedaung Group): owns a US$ 81 million hotel in
Bali (joint venture with Sasana Kwarta Putra Group [Djohan Anwar], MW
Hotels Holding Co. from the Netherlands, and Wuthelam BVI from the UK); 600
rooms, rate unknown.
(2). PT Wisata Triloka Buana (Mercu Buana Group): plans to build new Le
Meredien hotel in Bali, after building one in Jakarta.

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The Kowara family, parents-in-law of Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana (Tutut)
(Teknik Umum Group and Medco Group):
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(1). PT Coca-Cola Tirtalina Bottling Company (Teknik Umum Group): holds
franchise of Coca Cola in Indonesia, with a bottling unit in Bali.
(2). Medco Group: Bali Imperial Hotel in Seminyak, north of Kuta; 138 rooms
at US$ 1005-US$1,409 per night.
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*) Updated version of appendix in George J. Aditjondro: Bali, Jakarta's
Colony: Social and ecological impacts of Jakarta-based conglomerates in
Bali's tourism industry. Working Paper No. 58 (Oct. 1995). Perth: Asia
Research Centre, Murdoch University.

Message: Boycott Bali, if you want to help save Bali's people and their
environment, as well as help save the Indonesian people from all the public
funds wasted by the Suharto family on all those luxury projects in Bali !
Newcastle, June 5, 1997,
International Environment Day

Dr. George J. Aditjondro
(Indonesian dissident in exile)
phone/fax: (61-49) 677 053

[George J. Aditjondro]

[George J. Aditjondro]

[Count Dracula]

Is that all?
I thought this corrupt dictator already owns the whole Indonesia.