Talk:James Riady

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On April 27, this article was nominated for deletion. The discussion can be found at Votes for deletion/James Riady. The result was keep. &mdash; Xezbeth 09:40, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

8.6 million US dollar fine f
why did riady pay that 8.6 million US dollar fine? hes not even from usa. what is usa going to do if he didnt pay? kidnap him and bring him to usa and make him pay?

James Riady paid his fine and completed his probation precisely as agreed in 2003.

Evangelical Activities
The first paragraph under this header writes: "On 23 July 2001, Fortune published an interview with the Lippo director in which he espoused his vision of converting poor villages to Christianity."

Aside from the fact that this is a sensitive issue in many countries where Christians form a small but visible minority, this may easily be misconstrued as unethical proselytism. Regarding that interview in question, what Fortune actually wrote was: "Riady is expanding his private-school system in Lippo Village--where the Christian teachers are not permitted to smoke in their own homes or visit a nightclub in their spare time--hoping to open 1,000 schools in Indonesia's poorest villages."

Hence, we can see that J. Riady's vision was to establish educational establishments in the poorest villages of Indonesia that lacked resources and access to schools. It is true that these schools would espouse a Christian character, as is consistent with the personal beliefs of Riady, but it does not automatically follow that his underlying agenda is the wholesale conversion of these poor villages.

I propose that the sentence be rephrased or rewirtten. — Preceding unsigned comment added by AlphaBet678 (talk • contribs) 07:11, 17 March 2013 (UTC)