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Old 15th December 2008, 05:23 AM
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Thumbs down 75% of Indonesia's liquor business is / was illegal

OK, forget the fact you may not be able to get an imported beer, wine or spirit when you go to Bali (good news for the families who own domestic beer and houch producers, hmmmm). The revelation that 75% of the booze business is or was illegal, brought in through corruption tells its own story.

Bali: No Booze Here

The irony being of course it is the Indonesian military which controls the illegal trade (they only get 30% of their funding from Jakarta, they have to earn the rest from "enterprises") and that this is not a sign corruption is being being fought against but rather that Islamic control (like the so called "Anti-pornography" law) is being exerted.
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