
By: Ainur Rohmah
In Indonesia under President Prabowo Subianto, political power and private wealth are finding a new point of convergence. Few businessmen illustrate that shift more clearly than Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad, known as Haji Isam, a former truck driver who built a multibillion-dollar business empire and is now at the ce…

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