Part 54. TBI’s Sinking Standards Discussed
In this part of our ongoing interview series with TBI Mafia Victims, we interview a former school manager of Kuningan and Sudirman about the ongoing culture of sleaze and corruption which has been exposed within TBI Kuningan and beyond. Last month we found an online discussion in the ‘Living in Indonesia’ forum, which discussed the…
Low-Pay Teaching Work with TBI Bogor: Starts May 2013
When you consider that EF offers accommodation and pays Rp 7.5 million, this really isn’t any more than EF pays, is it? The value of the room provided by EF would be, conservatively, Rp 1.5 million a month, so really TBI pays little more than EF at most of its franchise schools. TBI Bogor’s 10…
“Get Away from Luke: He Is Very Dangerous” (Part 5 of 5)
In recent days we have shown the emails which proved that the owner said he regretted I had left Kelapa Gading and the casual teachers saying they were shocked we had left, all from just a day or two after the event. We have shown Lipi’s testimonial which confirms independently that we resigned. I have…
Tax Evasion, Corruption and the Jakarta Elite (From a Great Blog)
ASSET CONCENTRATION AND QUALITY OF GROWTH IN INDONESIA Winarno Zain, AN ECONOMIST Sumber : JAKARTA POST, 30 November 2011 The list of the 40 richest Indonesians as published by Forbes magazine recently revealed the extent of asset concentration in this country. According to the magazine, the 40 richest Indonesians possess combined assets worth US$85.1…
Landmark Tax Ruling Against Palm Oil Industry (A TBI ‘Investor’)
This really interesting article appeared in The Jakarta Globe a few days ago. It appears that in a first for Indonesia, the Supreme Court has forced big business to actually pay tax to the State. This has been creating a lot of waves in financial circles, where it has traditionally been assumed there is almost…
Landmark Indonesian Case Against Palm Oil Tax Evaders
BUSINESS Indonesian court fines palm oil giant for tax evasion BY AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE POSTED ON 12/28/2012 7:59 PM | UPDATED 12/28/2012 7:59 PM No Comments 34 Share JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s Supreme Court ordered a major palm oil company to pay more than $390 million to the state for tax evasion, a judge said on Friday, December…
TBI Kelapa Gading: Everyone Left for Better Pay
We have had the 45th message from ‘Michelle’ this week. Poor pet is obsessed with our blog: we have been receiving upwards of a dozen abusive comments a day. In this one, she claims people must have been ‘fired or demoted’ to make way for Cam as Actel. Um….no actually. The facts of the case…
Jaladin Japri Blames Others for His 75 Juta ‘Accounting Error’ (March 2011)
Nunu and Firlana Plotting (Part 4 of 5)
I had been warned that Nunu and Firlana were plotting to get rid of me in January 2012. The informant was my ojek driver, a short Madurese called E***. By January 2012 Nunu (Nugraha Pratama) rarely ‘hung out’ in the teacher’s room any more. He made his home downstairs with the office staff by in…
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