FORMER Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Laksamana Sukardi was named a suspect in the case involving the sale of two large tankers owned by Pertamina. Prosecutors do not yet know the exact amount of state losses incurred by the sale of the two vessels. Laksamana is adamant that President Megawati, his former boss at the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle who appointed him SOEs Minister, approved the tanker sale, a transaction which is said to exhibit signs of corruption, collusion and nepotism. Is the case politically motivated?

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