{"id":33289,"date":"2017-06-28T10:55:18","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T10:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=33289"},"modified":"2017-06-28T10:55:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T10:55:18","slug":"indonesia-imposes-travel-ban-on-trump-business-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/indonesia-imposes-travel-ban-on-trump-business-partner.html","title":{"rendered":"Indonesia imposes travel ban on Trump business partner"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Indonesia imposes travel ban on Trump business partner<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Indonesian authorities have imposed a travel ban on tycoon and politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who is building resorts to be managed by Trump hotels, over an investigation into allegations he threatened a prosecutor via a text message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Tanoesoedibjo has been given a 20-day overseas travel ban starting on June 22 based on a request by Indonesian police&#8217;s criminal investigation unit Agung Sampurno, a spokesman at the immigration directorate said on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The Indonesian billionaire &#8220;is under investigation related to a violation of the information and electronic transactions law,&#8221; Sampurno said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Tanoesoedibjo, whose MNC Group controls businesses ranging from media to property, has been named a suspect for allegedly sending a threatening message to a prosecutor investigating a case involving Mobile 8, a telecommunications company previously owned by MNC Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Tanoesoedibjo&#8217;s lawyer could not be reached on Wednesday but in an earlier statement dismissed the allegations. &#8220;The content of Hary Tanoesoedibjo&#8217;s SMS is general and idealistic and does not threaten anyone,&#8221; his lawyer Hotman Paris Hutapea said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Part of Tanoesoedibjo&#8217;s text message read: &#8220;If I am the leader of this country, then that&#8217;s where Indonesia will be changed and cleared of things that are not as they should be,&#8221; according to the statement from the lawyer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Tanoesoedijo has also denied the allegations in media reports. Breaching the law can carry a maximum jail term of four years and a maximum fine of 750 million rupiah ($56,000)<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">The tycoon, who in the 2014 election ran as a candidate for vice president, founded his own a political party in 2015 and said in January he would decide before the end of next year whether to run in the 2019 presidential election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">He described U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s victory as inspiring for candidates with little political experience and attended Trump&#8217;s innauguration in Washington in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">His company is currently building two luxury resorts in the island of Bali and in West Java, which would be managed by Trump Hotel Collection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">In an interview with Reuters ahead of Trump&#8217;s inauguration, Tanoesoedibjo dismissed concerns by ethics officials that Trump&#8217;s overseas business deals might be vulnerable to conflicts of interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Tanoesoedibjo also said in February that while his relationship with the U.S. president has been focused on business he could help ties between the nations &#8220;if needed&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Several leaders in Muslim-majority Indonesia have expressed concerns over Trump&#8217;s tough immigration stance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-indonesia-idUSKBN19J0J2<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/indonesia-imposes-travel-ban-on-trump-business-partner.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indonesia imposes travel ban on Trump business partner Indonesian authorities have imposed a travel ban on tycoon and politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who is building resorts to be managed by Trump hotels, over an investigation into allegations he threatened a prosecutor via a text message. 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