Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia got his PhD after one year and eight months. - Photo: Reuters
JAKARTA: Controversy has erupted across the country after it was alleged that a high-flying Cabinet minister, who was awarded a doctoral degree by a top Indonesian university, used the services of a writer-for-hire, or “joki”, for his dissertation.
Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia, 48, who was appointed to his post less than two weeks ago, has defended his dissertation on the downstreaming of the domestic nickel industry.
