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Comment: Indonesian tycoon's arrest highlights authorities' struggles with high-profile fugitives

By Jet Damazo-Santos ( April 9, 2021, 07:09 GMT | Comment) -- Indonesian mining tycoon Samin Tan has finally been arrested by the country’s anti-graft investigators after spending almost a year as a fugitive, but the development has shone the spotlight on authorities’ struggles hunting down wealthy high-profile fugitives — especially those who flee abroad. An anti-graft official called Singapore the "closest paradise" for corruptors. Indonesian mining tycoon Samin Tan's almost year-long run from the law came to an end this week, after investigators from the country's anti-graft agency finally managed to find and detain him. ...

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