Haji Isam and the Making of a New Indonesian Oligarchy

President Prabowo has criticized traditional Indonesian Chinese oligarchs but is he just setting up a new oligarchy? …

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…