Forbes has just published its rich list. In twelve months, the 40 wealthiest Indonesians have nearly doubled their personal wealth, adding $18 billion to their combined wealth, bringing it up to $40 billion. That's pretty impressive when you consider that nearly half the population, 110 million people live below the poverty line.

Indonesia boasts four new billionaires, bringing the total to eleven. New to the billionaire's club is General Suharto's second son, Bambang Trihatmodjo, joined the list, coming in at number 33 with $200 million. Like his brother, Tommy, Bambang is a gun enthusiast and is the president of an "extreme" shooting organization in which participants go through an obstacle course shooting pop-up targets. The question on everyone's lips: what about Bambang's brothers and sisters? In 1999, Time magazine (somewhat conservatively) estimated the Suharto family wealth at $15 billion. What happened?

Aburizal Bakrie tops the list with a net worth of $5.4 billion. Aburizal's company, Lapindo Brantas, is responsible for the mud volcano that destroyed buried villages, displacing thousands of people and crippled the East Java economy. He leads a pack that includes our diminutive Vice President, his brother-in-law and a swag of of cigarette manufacturers, bankers, cement makers, palm oil plantation owners, retailers, hoteliers and noodle barons.

The only do-gooders on the list I could find is the Sampoerna family who, after selling their cigarette company to Philip Morris in 2005, have set up a variety of philanthropic enterprises.