Magazine Mysteriously Disappears from Indonesian Newsstands
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Tens of thousands of copies of the latest edition of Tempo magazine were purchased by mystery buyers early on June 28. The issue features an investigative look at a senior police officer with a bank account alleged to contain 10.45 million U.S. dollars. Saragih, a Tempo agent in Pramuka, East Jakarta, was quoted by the magazine’s Web site, Tempointeraktif.com, as saying that a group of people bought his entire stock of 700 copies at 4 a.m. “At dawn, the magazines were bought by people who looked like police. But they weren’t wearing uniforms,” Saragih told Tempo. Tempo’s main story for this week’s edition is titled 'Rekening Gendut Perwira Polisi' ('Fat Bank Account of a Police Officer'). The story is a look at the suspiciously hefty bank accounts of police generals. Visit 'Jakarta Globe' for more. |
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