Omo, matter don burst o! Dem don issue red notice for one big oil tycoon for Indonesia wey dem dey call Mohammad Riza Chalid, aka ‘gasoline godfather’. Dis guy dey wanted for $17 billion wey dem say e chop for corruption!
According to wetin Interpol talk, dis guy suppose face music because him dey involved for serious corruption matter wey dey happen for state oil company, Pertamina, between 2018 and 2023. Dem dey accuse am say e dey carry crude oil come from abroad at higher price instead of sourcing am locally like dem suppose do. Imagine wetin dem fit do with money wey dem chop!
As e be, Untung Widyatmoko, wey be secretary for Interpol’s Indonesia National Central Bureau, talk say dem don send red notice go 196 countries make dem help locate this Riza guy. E don waka reach 66 years, and e guess e go just dey enjoy life for house, but dem no gree!
In July, Riza and im pikin, Muhammad Kerry Adrianto Riza, plus plenty other high-ranking officials for Pertamina, dey involved for dis wahala. Dem don mention about 18 people as suspects already wey dey contribute to dis whole corruption wahala, and dem dey look for dem sharp-sharp.
Di Attorney General Office don drop serious numbers, dey talk say di corruption mata don reach as high as 285 trillion rupiah, wey dey equal roughly $17 billion! Chai! No be small money o! No wonder dem dey chase dem like say dem be rat!
Since October, e don revoke Riza passport, so e no fit waka come anywhere again. Graft don dey sweet for Indonesia for many years now. Just last year, one former communications minister collect 15 years for jail after dem find am guilty of corruption wey dey cost di country over $530 million. As e be now, na running time for dis gasoline godfather!
For Indonesia, corruption don dey like part of di culture, but with dis red notice, dem fit finally catch di big fish wey don chop too much!
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