Tommy Suharto
Tommy in the 80s used the Indonesian Army to force landowners in the Nusa Dua and Dreamland Beach areas to sell land at cheap prices to a company controlled by him. Today this land is reported to be still owned by him. His company leases this land to many mega resort operators including Starwood, Accor, and Hilton.
Tommy was convicted and sentenced in 2002 to fifteen years jail for paying a hitman to kill Syafiuddin Kartasasmita, a Supreme Court judge who had convicted him of graft. Other charges include illegal weapons possession and running from the law.
He received a fifteen-year sentence and served part of it in Cipinang Penitentiary Institution, Jatinegara, East Jakarta. His sentence was reduced to ten years on appeal, and he was given conditional release on October 30, 2006. He spent a total of four years in detainment. Critics said Tommy was released solely because of his position of wealth and power.
On August 28, 2008, Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated that Bank Mandiri had been directed to transfer 1.23 trillion rupiah of funds owned by Tommy Suharto's now-defunct car company Timor Putra Nasional to a government account. Earlier, the ministry filed a graft case alleging Suharto illegally sold assets from Timor to 5 of his companies. Tommy Suharto in response filed a 21.8 million dollars countersuit against the ministry. Tommy won a separate 61-million-dollar civil corruption case in February 2008, receiving US$550,000 in a countersuit.
Hutomo Mandala Putra won a lawsuit against Garuda Indonesia for Rp.12.51 billion for material and immaterial damages. It is concerning with an article titled "A New Destination to Enjoy in Bali" (Pecatu) in the December 2009 of Garuda in-flight magazine which mentioned Tommy was a convicted murder on the footnote.
Tommy married to Ardhia Pramesti Regita Cahyani, also known as 'Tata', in 1997. Tata is from royal lineage of Mangkunegaran principality of Surakarta. They have two children: Dharma Mangkuluhur and Gayanti Hutami. On May 15, 2006, Tata filed for divorce and moved to Singapore.
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