JAKARTA, April 25, 2014 (AFP) - Indonesia's military chief came under
fire Friday after rejecting claims he had been pictured wearing a luxury Swiss
watch and insisting that the timepiece was a Chinese-made fake.
A Singapore website reported this week General Moeldoko was wearing a watch
from the Richard Mille brand's Felipe Massa collection worth more than $100,000
during a recent interview with a broadcaster in the city-state.
However the general, who goes by one name, angrily hurled the watch to the
ground when confronted by reporters about the claims, insisting he would not
have done so if it was genuine.
"Just watch me, so you know I am not lying," he was quoted as saying in
local media before throwing the timepiece onto the floor.
The general said it was a convincing imitation he had bought for just five
million rupiah ($430). He also told reporters it was just one of large
collection of fakes that he owned.
However the claim was met with scepticism and anger in a country where
millions live in grinding poverty and there is much sensitivity about
high-ranking officials leading luxurious lifestyles.
JAKARTA, April 25, 2014 (AFP) - Indonesia's military chief came under
fire Friday after rejecting claims he had been pictured wearing a luxury Swiss
watch and insisting that the timepiece was a Chinese-made fake.
A Singapore website reported this week General Moeldoko was wearing a watch
from the Richard Mille brand's Felipe Massa collection worth more than $100,000
during a recent interview with a broadcaster in the city-state.
However the general, who goes by one name, angrily hurled the watch to the
ground when confronted by reporters about the claims, insisting he would not
have done so if it was genuine.
"Just watch me, so you know I am not lying," he was quoted as saying in
local media before throwing the timepiece onto the floor.
The general said it was a convincing imitation he had bought for just five
million rupiah ($430). He also told reporters it was just one of large
collection of fakes that he owned.
However the claim was met with scepticism and anger in a country where
millions live in grinding poverty and there is much sensitivity about
high-ranking officials leading luxurious lifestyles.
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