The Indonesian tycoon and political fixer at heart of Prabowo presidency

From the shores of Lake Geneva to the holiday island of Bali, two events in recent weeks show the importance of Hashim Djojohadikusumo, a powerful tycoon and political fixer, to his brother Prabowo Subianto, the incoming Indonesian president.

In the affluent Swiss town of Anières, home to diplomats, bankers and the world’s rich, authorities in late April auctioned two luxury villas with the goal of recovering tax dues from Hashim after a decades-long fight to secure SFr131mn ($144mn) from the tycoon and his wife Anie.