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."
通常,四星上将不会被要求交代自己手腕上手表的情况。但是,当记者询问Moeldoko将军关于他的手表信息时,他对拥有这一可以显示其成功地位的配饰没有丝毫骄傲可言。
相反,这位印尼高级军官勃然大怒,并坚持说那块瑞士奢侈腕表是中国制造的假货。
本周新加坡某网站报道,在最近的一次采访中穆尔多科(Moeldoko)戴着一块理查德·米勒品牌的价值超过10万美元的马萨腕表。
然而当记者询问此事时,这位上将一听说起这块腕表,就愤怒地将手表扔在地上,并坚称如果手表是真名牌他是不会这么做的。
“现在看着我,你就知道我不是在说谎了,”这是当地媒体引述的他扔手表之前的话。
这位上将说,他买这块手表只花了5万印尼盾(430美元),他扔手表这一举动就是有力的证明。他还告诉记者,这只是他所拥有的赝品中的一个而已。
然而在一个数以百万计的人民生活在赤贫中的国家,这一举动招致了怀疑和愤怒,人们对高官生活奢侈的话题是很敏感的。
“比起工人的工资你的手表是如此昂贵!”拉克·哈里在推特上说。
印尼的基本原则“生活不求奢侈,已经被上将被遗忘了”,Pakde Djojo在微博网站上评价道。
雅加达环球报网站指出: “我认为上将不会戴仿牌手表。”
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