SoekarnoThe King of Idrus and Ratu Markonah made Indonesia tantrum in the era of President Soekarno. At that time around the 1950s, Indonesia was struggling to liberate West Irian. Markonah is in her 50s. His face is quite attractive. But he has a disability in his eyes so he always wears black glasses.
The husband and wife claimed to be the king and queen of the Suku Anak Dalam, Sumatra. They then met with a number of officials claiming that they were doing worship to a number of areas in the country. The officials also welcomed with open arms the visit of King Idruus and the empress.
Amazingly the officials gave a great welcome to them. They were entertained, hailed, invited to take pictures together and get mass media coverage. Somehow, there was an official who introduced the king and queen to President Soekarno.
"This official, I do not know his name, delivered to Bung Karno, if I Rajaa Idrus and Ratuu Markonah should be accepted in the palace. Because the king and queen could help the release of Irian Baarat, "explained the historian of the University of Indonesia (UI) Anhar Gonggong when talking to AFP.
At that time, Bung Karno was in need of popular support to liberate West Irian which was still controlled by the Dutch. Maaka Soekarno also invited Idrus and Markonah to Merdeka Palace. In the palace, of course, both of them were welcomed and entertained like honored guests. Not to forget they were also given money for a mission to help liberate West Irian.
However, reality is often not as beautiful as hope. Idrus and Markonah, considered by the king and queen who could help Indonesia liberate West Irian, were only fraudsters. Their guise opened when the husband and wife took a walk in a market in Jakarta.
"At that time a pedicab driver recognized Idrus, because the Idrus was a pedicab driver. This is where reporters investigate and dismantle the guards' guise. Markooonah turns out to be a lower-class prostitute in Tegal, Central Java. "Funny, president Kook can be fooled," explained Anhar Gonggong who then chuckled.
Anhaar revealed, if Soekarno could be deceived by Idruus and Markonah because he was seeking popular support for the project to liberate West Irian. Besides that, because as a leader, Bung Karno wanted to show himself close to the people. "It's a disease of our leader, always wanting to look close to the people," commented Anhar. The Iidrus and Markoonah scandal was the first national fraud case experienced by this country with palace victims.
Suharto
During President Soeharto's tenure, around the 1970s, an accomplished deceiver named Cut Zahara Fona, from Aceh had a brilliant identity. This Cut Zahara Fona did not graduate from elementary school and always wore batik cloth, claiming that the fetus in her birth could speak and recite. Of course, this news immediately shocked the public, especially because it received extensive coverage in newspapers and magazines.
People who are curious are many who are caught and willing to attach their ears to Cut Zahara's stomach in order to be able to hear the 'baby miracle' voice when speaking or reciting. This phenomenon is even a lot of state officials who believe it, including Deputy President Adam Malik who then invited Cut Zahara to the Vice President's Palace. Remarkably, the Minister of Religion KH Mohamad Dachlan was one of the high-ranking officials who believed that. He even stated that Imam Syafi'ie was in his mother's womb for 3 years.
Zahara Fona and her husband were increasingly horrendous, finally being met by, Bardosono, Secretary of Development Control to President Soeharto and Mrs. Tien Soeharto, at Kemayoran Airport. But saying, this moment is the final round of this couple in committing fraud. Foresight of Mrs. Tien Soeharto managed to uncover this fraud, Cut Zahara was subsequently searched, and it turned out that behind the cloth was a mini-size tape recorder. It turned out that the tape recorder was the source of the "fetal recitation" sound.
KH. Abdurrahman Wahid
During the reign of the late KH. Abdurrahman Wahid, aka Gus Dur, had a fraud which was actually carried out by the closest person who was his personal masseur, Soewondo.
Because he had felt close to the number one person in Indonesia at the time, he was determined to commit fraud. Soewondo cheat (Yanatera) Logistics Agency Employee Welfare Fund Foundation (BULOG). No responsibility, Soewondo was accused of escaping foundation money to Rp. 35 billion. Although he had escaped, Soewondo was finally arrested and sentenced to 3.5 years in prison.
Megawati Soekarno Putri
Maybe still remember about the news that had been excited about the treasure at the Batu Tulis site, Bogor. At that time, Megawati, who was still the Indonesian president, received a report about the treasure. Finally, Minister of Religion, Said Agil Almunawar took the initiative to carry out excavations at the site because according to him the assets could be used to pay off all state debts. And finally Megawati gave her blessing (but was denied because there was no permit) to excavate the site. But it turned out that the treasure never existed and indeed it was not there.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
This former President of Indonesia had been tricked by the Blue Energy project. The incident began when gas oil became a step in Indonesia, which then there was someone who gave a surprising breakthrough that he could produce water into crude oil.
The project that named Blue Energy finally attracted the president's attention to be able to realize it. Many experts have prevented this because they know that water cannot be converted into crude oil at all. And finally indeed this discovery was not proven at all. This man from Nganjuk boasted that he was capable of producing crude oil from water. From this crude oil, Joko can produce fuel in the class of kerosene and avtur.
President SBY believes that and believes that the discovery can be a solution amid the skyrocketing oil prices. But unfortunately, it turned out that the information was just boasting. Reportedly now Joko was reported to the police with alleged fraud.
Hopefully the deception mode as above does not happen again in this world, especially in Indonesia, not happening to the president or the people. Be careful to trust someone you don't know the truth because the fraudster will not show himself manly.