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Gibran denies link between Kaesang jet ride with Shopee deal
Gibran said that there was nothing improper about the deal, which centered on the setting up of a gaming center and an office in Surakarta, and that it had gone through a thorough vetting process.
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Building inroads: former Surakarta mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, arrives on Feb. 23, 2024 for a meeting at the South Jakarta home of president-elect Prabowo Subianto, with whom he bid for the vice-presidency in the 2024 general election. (former, so lower case mayor (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A.)
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ice president-elect and former mayor of Surakarta Gibran Rakabuming Raka denied on Tuesday that e-commerce giant Shopee provided a jet ride for his younger brother Kaesang Pangarep as a favor in return for a deal struck between the Central Java city and the Singapore-based company.
Gibran said there was nothing improper about the deal, which centered on the setting up of a gaming center and an office in Surakarta, and that it had gone through a thorough vetting process.
"It's not true. You're wrong. The memorandum of understanding is a professional agreement between the Solo city administration, Solo TechnoPark and Shopee. There's nothing like that," Gibran told reporters as quoted by KompasTV.
In late August, Kaesang's wife Erina Gudono posted on Instagram photos from her trip to California, the United States including a shot from the window of an aircraft, which social media users pointed out to be that of a Gulfstream jet.
The same jet had also earlier been spotted on the tarmac of Adi Sumarmo International Airport in Surakarta, the hometown of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
A video shot last year shows Kaesang and his wife deplaning the aircraft.
On X, netizens pointed out that the jet – a Gulfstream G650ER with tail number N588SE – was owned by Garena Online, a company under Singapore-based Sea Limited, which also owns Shopee.
However, the US Federal Aviation Administration’s website shows that it is currently owned by a trustee of the Bank of Utah.
Aviation website RZJets indicates the aircraft was delivered to Garena in July 2021, before it was bought by the Bank of Utah trustee in December 2022.
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect the current ownership of the Gulfstream G650ER private jet.
