This handout photo taken on Dec 17, 2019 by the Indonesian Finance Ministry shows Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (top right) gesturing next to a seized luxury car during a raid in Jakarta. - AFP
JAKARTA (AFP): No one was more surprised to learn that Dimas Prayitno owned a Rolls-Royce than the 21-year-old Indonesian himself, who was baffled when told he owed US$15,000 in taxes on the luxury vehicle.
But a look at the construction worker's home in a rundown neighbourhood quickly convinced officials that Prayitno was the latest victim of tax evasion by one of Jakarta's wealthy elite.
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