Bagaimana dengan akal bulus orang - orang Malaysia di Indonesia?
Mereka memodali orang - orang Indonesia untuk mendirikan perusahaan
kelapa sawit. Lalu perusahaan itu merusak hutan dan meghancurkan
kehidupan masyarakat Indonesia. Setelah habis - habisan dimaki orang
- orang, media, LSM dan semuanya beres (hutan sudah dibabat, lahan
sudah beres, masyarakat suah minggat) maka perusahaan tadi "dibeli"
kembali orang - orang Malaysia pemodal kehancuran bumi itu.
Sampai di sini, orang - orang Indonesia sudah merugi banyak. Di dunia
internasional, Indonesia dikenal sebagi penghancur hutan tercepat.
HB and Orangutan
On May 10, 2007, at 4:32 PM, Sunny wrote:
http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailheadlines.asp?
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Indonesia a 'paradise' for investment fraud
Andi Haswidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The latest and the biggest investment fiasco to be associated with
the British Virgin Islands-based Dressel Investment Ltd. proves
once again that Indonesia is a happy hunting ground for fraudsters,
a senior financial industry figure says.
"Indonesia has become a haven for investment frauds because of the
lack of knowledge and education of investors. Such frauds also
happen in developed countries, but not to such a fantastic degree,"
Lin Che Wei, the president director of state-owned equity house
Danareksa, said Wednesday in Jakarta.
Che Wei was referring to the US$385 million (about Rp 3.5 trillion)
paid over by some 10,000 investors to Dressel through its
Indonesian partner, PT Wahana Bersama Globalindo (WBG), which has
now been lost after the company suddenly closed up shop on March 1.
The ill-fated victims -- many of whom are public figures, including
clerics, leaders of political parties, such as House Speaker Agung
Laksono, leading media bosses such as Fikri Jufri, lawyers such as
O.C. Kaligis, famous celebrities like Iwan Fals and even poet and
author Gunawan Muhammad -- first felt something was wrong in
November, when no yield payment was transferred into their accounts.
The continued failure to pay led to a rush in the following months
when customers tried to withdraw all of their investments from WBG
branches in many cities, including Jakarta, and peaked in February
when WBG promised alternative schemes to return the money to
investors, of which some 5,600 have already formed the Dressel
Crisis Center (DCC) to apply pressure for the return of their money.
"They offered us various schemes for getting our money back, but
suddenly they closed their office on March 1 and the president
director fled abroad," DCC spokesperson Dony M. U. told The Jakarta
Post on Tuesday.
Last Tuesday, Jakarta police confirmed that WBG president director
Krisno Abiyanto had been arrested on Friday at Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport on his arrival back from Kuala Lumpur.
If found guilty, Krisno could be sentenced to up to 15 years and
face Rp 15 billion in fines.
Commenting on the high status of the victims, Che Wei said that
"These people may have apparently sophisticated minds, but
financial literacy is another thing entirely."
Investment schemes offered by WBG, Che Wei said, were run by people
who used what was known as an affinity scheme, where public figures
were targeted in order to attract other investors.
"We have classified about 13 types of investment fraud scheme. One
of these is the Ponzi scheme, taken from the name of an Italian
called Charles Ponzi, who promised lucrative yields, which were
actually built on the back of new investments made by fresh
investors," he said.
Dressel portfolios offered returns of between 24 and 28 percent per
year.
Together with the Capital Market Supervisory Agency (Bapepam),
Danareksa held what it termed an education day Wednesday for would-
be investors to inform them of the various fraudulent schemes afoot
and how to avoid falling victim to them.
All information imparted during the education day will soon be made
available atwww.danareksa.com.
Che Wei explained that fraudulent investment schemes often involved
sophisticated investment projects that were hard to verify, and the
pressuring of potential investors through "once-in-a-lifetime-
opportunity" inducements.
"Always bear in mind that for every silver lining there is a cloud.
Don't be afraid to sleep on it," he said.
Dressel and WBG began offering investment products in Indonesia in
1997
