Table 6. Political and Business Elites in Southeast Asia Reported to Have Conflicts of Interest With the Tobacco Industry.
Individual | Conflict of Interest | Sources |
Indonesia | ||
President Suharto’s brother | Joint venture with Gudang Garam founder Surya Wonowidjojo | 47 |
President Suharto’s youngest son | Founded BPCC (Clove Support and Trading Board) clove monopoly in 1990 | 47,113,129,130,131 |
President Suharto’s cousin | Partnership with Australian Rothmans Holdings Ltd | 113,129 |
President Suharto’s second son; owner of Indovision | Star TV Indonesia, which runs Indovision, owned by Phillip Morris director Rupert Murdoch | 113,129 |
Raden Bagus Permana Agung Dradjattun, Expert for Ministry of Finance | Independent Commissioner of Sampoerna | 76,77,80,81,95 |
Former Director-General of Customs and Excise | Commissioner of Sampoerna | 76,77,80,81,95 |
Eddy Abdurrahman, Former Director-General of Customs and Excise in Ministry of Finance | BAT/Bentoel Independent Commissioner on BAT’s Board and Chairman of BAT/Bentoel Audit Committee | 76,77,80,81,95 |
Philippines | ||
Estelito Mendoza, Former Solicitor General | Legal counsel to Lucio Tan (Chairman of Fortune Tobacco) | 81 |
Edilberto Adan, Former Military Official | Director and President of Mighty Corporation | 81 |
Oscar Barrientos, Former Judge | Executive Vice President of Mighty Corporation | 81 |
Members of the Inter-Agency Committee on Tobacco | Employed in Philippine Tobacco Institute | 80,81,96 |
Cambodia | ||
Senator | Chairman of BAT Cambodia | 77 |
Laos | ||
Officials in Ministry of Finance | Members of the Board Management of Lao Tobacco Ltd | 81 |
Officials in Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Members of the Board Management of Lao Tobacco Ltd | 81 |
Retired Vice Director General of Enterprise Department | Board member of Lao Tobacco Ltd | 81 |
Malaysia | ||
Tan Sri Datuk Dr Rebecca Fatima Sta Maria, Secretary-General of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry | Council member of Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs, a tobacco industry-funded think tank | 77 |
Tan Sri Datuk Abu Talib bin Othman, Former Attorney General | Chairman of BAT Malaysia | 94-96,115 |
Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Dr Aseh, Former Secretary General of the Ministry of Home Affairs | Chairman of BAT Malaysia | 94-96 |
Hon Dato’ Sri Mohamed Khalid Bin Hj Yusef, former Director General of Customs | Senior Adviser to ITIC | 80 |
Tunku Tan Sri Mohamed bin Tunku Besar Burhanuddin, Former Chief Secretary | First chairman of Rothmans of Pall Mall (later BAT Malaysia) | 115 |
Brother of Prime Minister, Dato’ Sri Mohamed Najib Abdul Razak | Non-executive director on BAT Malaysia’s board | 115 |
Datuk Mohamad bin Fateh Din, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission | Chairman of BAT Malaysia | 115 |
Datuk Zainun Aishah binti, Malaysian Industrial Development Agency | Board member of BAT Malaysia | 115 |
Tan Sri Kamarul bin Mohamed Yassin, Former Senator | Board member of BAT Malaysia | 115 |
Thailand | ||
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior | TTM board member | 76,81,94,96 |
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office | Owner of a local tobacco leaf business | 76,81,94,96 |
Former Lieutenant General | TTM Chairman | 76 |
Vietnam | ||
Ha Quang Hoa, Former Deputy Director in Ministry of Trade and Industry | Vice Director at VINATABA | 81 |
Vice Director in Ministry of Trade and Industry | Board member at VINATABA | 81 |
Vu Van Cuong, Senior Member of Communist Party | Chairman of the Board of VINATABA | 81 |
Ha Quang Hoa, Former Deputy Director in Ministry of Trade and Industry | Vice Director at VINATABA | 81 |
Abbreviations: BPCC, Badan Penyangga dan Pemasaran Cenkgeh; BAT, British American Tobacco; ITIC, International Tax and Investment Center; TTM, Thailand Tobacco Monopoly.