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September 1998

Indonesia: Working out, starting afresh



When Hotman Hutapea, Indonesia's premier bankruptcy advocate, presented his first case to the new commercial court on September 1, he set telephones ringing in bank offices all over town. "Now they believe it," says one senior banker. "They see they'd better do a deal - or else."

Hotman's case was the first of hundreds scheduled to be presented to the court, and the strict time limit - 30 days before a judgment must be reached - leaves no way out for even the biggest deadbeat corporates. The first foreign creditor to front up to the court was the Jakarta branch of American Express, which is suing listed cocoa producer Davomas Abadi for the alleged failure to make good on a $3 million promissory note issued last January.

Indonesia's new political reality means that its companies can no longer ignore the law. "Companies can see that the government is dependent on the money from...


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