He is a friend of Anthony Salim, the 47-year-old son of ailing patriarch Liem Sioe Liong.

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It is part of Liem Sioe Liong's Salim group, but 30% owned by Sigit and Tutut.

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Liem Sioe Liong, the Chinese owner of Indonesia's largest conglomerate, the Salim group, has not been seen in the country since May.

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They include Bank Central Asia, owned by Suharto associate Liem Sioe Liong's family, and Bank Umum Nasional, of fellow crony Mohamed "Bob" Hasan.

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Many of the biggest conglomerates are controlled by ethnic-Chinese businessmen, such as Liem Sioe Liong of the Salim Group and Bob Hasan, a timber tycoon.

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As for companies linked to Suharto's billionaire buddy Liem Sioe Liong, investors seem to have switched from Indocement as a core holding to Semen Gresik, a state-controlled listed cement player.

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In 1996, a group of Asian investors including Malaysian billionaire Quek Leng Chan of Hong Leong Malaysia, his Singaporean cousins who control Britain's listed Millennium Copthorne Hotels and Indonesian billionaire Liem Sioe Liong teamed up to buy over 21% of Brierley.

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