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It's not often a four-star general is called to account over the watch on his wrist. But when reporters confronted Gen Moeldoko over his timepiece he displayed no modest pride over a cherished trapping of success.
Instead the Indonesian military chief flew into a rage and insisting that the luxury Swiss watch 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.
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.
"Your watch is so expensive general! Compared to the salary of a worker," said Lucky Harri on Twitter.
Indonesia's founding principles "which discourage people from living in luxury, have been forgotten by the general", commented Pakde Djojo on the microblogging site.
One comment on the Jakarta Globe newspaper website noted: "I think a general would not wear counterfeit watches."
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通常,四星上將不會被要求交代自己手腕上手表的情況。但是,當記者詢問Moeldoko將軍關于他的手表信息時,他對擁有這一可以顯示其成功地位的配飾沒有絲毫驕傲可言。
相反,這位印尼高級軍官勃然大怒,并堅持說那塊瑞士奢侈腕表是中國制造的假貨。
本周新加坡某網站報道,在最近的一次采訪中穆爾多科(Moeldoko)戴著一塊理查德·米勒品牌的價值超過10萬美元的馬薩腕表。
然而當記者詢問此事時,這位上將一聽說起這塊腕表,就憤怒地將手表扔在地上,并堅稱如果手表是真名牌他是不會這么做的。
“現在看著我,你就知道我不是在說謊了,”這是當地媒體引述的他扔手表之前的話。
這位上將說,他買這塊手表只花了5萬印尼盾(430美元),他扔手表這一舉動就是有力的證明。他還告訴記者,這只是他所擁有的贗品中的一個而已。
然而在一個數以百萬計的人民生活在赤貧中的國家,這一舉動招致了懷疑和憤怒,人們對高官生活奢侈的話題是很敏感的。
“比起工人的工資你的手表是如此昂貴!”拉克·哈里在推特上說。
印尼的基本原則“生活不求奢侈,已經被上將被遺忘了”,Pakde Djojo在微博網站上評價道。
雅加達環(huán)球報網站指出: “我認為上將不會戴仿牌手表。”
(譯者 王琳琳 編輯 丹妮)
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