Of all the stories of crazed dictators and corrupt regimes built on nepotism, the Suharto legacy might just be the most scandalous. The youngest son to one of the most brutal leaders in recent history, Tommy Suharto’s tale fits somewhere on the same shelf as Pablo Escobar’s and Kim Jung Un’s. Playboy embezzler, convicted murderer, political terrorist and potentially Indonesia’s next President? Tommy Suharto of course denies all accusations that might hurt his campaign in the upcoming elections this month. But lost in the highlands of the Indonesian island of Bali, one of his reportedly corrupt investments has been festering in the tropical jungle for nearly two decades; a paradise in ruins, rotting from the inside. Parisian photographer and explorer Romain Veillon takes us through the ghostly hotel that many believe has been cursed by Suharto’s victims…
- Messy Nessy Chic
