An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:
That minister by the name of Agung said something about how the issue of extradition has not yet been resolved.
Apparently, alot of former Suharto cronies are wanted by Indonesia but given safe haven in Singapore due to our close ties (thanks to LKY) to the former Suharto regime. They want us to extradite these fuckers back to Indonesia to face trial. The problem is that we do not have an extradition treaty with them. Singapore seems determined to provide a safe haven for these corrupt officials -- allowing them to buy properties here, park their money in our banks etc. Even our banks refuse to disclose exactly how much these people have in their Singapore accounts.
We seem determined to provide these morons with assistance, which pisses the current Indonesian government off.
Why the hell did we do this? If so, don't we have ourselves to blame?
If not for the haze, this issue would not even come to light!!
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