Swiss tax dispute taints Indonesian politics

Indonesian businessman Hashim Djojohadikusumo, a former resident of Geneva, has claimed in a Swiss court that he bankrupted himself by financing the political campaigns of his brother, president-elect Prabowo Subianto. But was this financial support in line with electoral laws? In Indonesia, politics is primarily a family affair. Hashim knows a lot about that. The head of the powerful Arsari conglomerate, which is active in palm oil plantations, claims to have invested hundreds of millions of francs...