The Extent of Nepotism  There is simply no end to the ways that
Suharto gave favors to his sons, daughters, cronies, cousins,
and fellow businessmen. Four recent examples from the mid-1990s
include the decision of B.J. Habibie, his vice-dictator, to
design and produce Indonesia’s own jet liner; the ill-fated
attempt of Bob Hasan (who’s actually Chinese Indonesian) to
create Indonesia’s own car for domestic consumption; the fake
discovery of the world’s largest goldmine in Borneo by a
Canadian company whose local representative was Suharto’s
daughter; and the granting to Suharto’s son Hutomo Mandala Putra
(“Tommy”) of both monopsony rights to buy all cloves produced in
Indonesia for clove cigarettes and monopoly rights to sell all
cloves to clove cigarette companies.  Yes. So basically, Tommy
was the middleman on both sides. First farmers had to sell all
their cloves to Tommy, who would buy them at below-market prices
and create a profit. Then, clove cigarette makers (Djarum,
Sampoerna, Galam, etc.) had to buy