Brother of Indonesia’s Prabowo faces Swiss court order on account seizure over taxes

Authorities in Geneva have pursued Hashim Djojohadikusumo and his wife Anie to recover US$154 million in unpaid taxes when they lived in the Alpine nation’s second-largest city for more than seven years from the late 1990s.

The court recently ruled that the accounts, containing about US$500,000, can be confiscated to recoup the dues that the couple said piled up because they were bankrupt after spending their fortune rescuing Prabowo’s cash-strapped businesses ranging from mining to palm oil plantations and funding his election campaign.

The couple also argued they were divorced, an explanation rejected by the court, which viewed it as an attempt to avoid tax obligations.

The former military general is likely to finalise the Cabinet, expected to feature more than 40 ministries, five days before his inauguration.