{"id":7799,"date":"2014-04-26T08:48:33","date_gmt":"2014-04-26T00:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=7799"},"modified":"2014-04-26T08:48:33","modified_gmt":"2014-04-26T00:48:33","slug":"indonesian-military-commander-says-his-luxury-richard-mille-watch-is-really-chinese-made-fake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/04\/26\/indonesian-military-commander-says-his-luxury-richard-mille-watch-is-really-chinese-made-fake\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian military commander says his luxury Richard Mille watch is really Chinese made fake"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/em> Gen. Moeldoko (Wikipedia photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

JAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia’s military commander said critics who called him out for wearing an especially luxurious watch should be quiet because the timepiece is actually a cheap Chinese fake.<\/p>\n

A Singapore website flagged a picture of the general and his watch this week, saying it was from the Richard Mille brand’s Filipe Massa collection and worth more than $100,000. The report caused a social media storm in a country where the average income is about $8.50 a day.<\/p>\n

Gen. Moeldoko, who uses a single name, said it was a Chinese-made copy and cost only 5 million rupiah ($430).<\/p>\n

He removed the watch from his wrist and showed it to reporters who were covering a meeting Wednesday of Indonesia and Philippines military officials.<\/p>\n

“This is a Chinese-made fake watch… how could such a watch be original,” he said while slamming the watch on the floor.<\/p>\n

Richard Mille did not immediately respond to a question about the general’s remarks, which appeared to indicate a lack of concern for intellectual property rights, not uncommon in Indonesia.<\/p>\n

The website, mothership.sg, also showed photos of Moeldoko wearing other luxury watches, including an Audemars Piguet Millenary – either a $43,000 Chronograph or a $476,600 Minute Repeater limited edition.<\/p>\n

Moeldoko, who became Indonesia’s military chief last August, reported total assets of about 36 billion rupiah ($3 million) to the anti-graft commission last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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