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Another source added, 'He was friends with some well-known government officials, high-ranked police officers, even doctors, but I cannot give their names.' The source was perplexed when he was told that Chino is now a fugitive and a target of the Indonesian Police Headquarters and Greater Jakarta Area Metropolitan Police. 'Why is it the Jakarta police that run after Chino? What is wrong with the Bali police? Do they pretend that they don't know?' the source joked.

- Denpost, 20 March 2005

Even the Governor of Bali, Made Pastika - Bali's former Police Chief - got press when Chino's operations manager, Bejo, said in a statement that he'd seen Pastika's car taken out of M3 after the Jakarta police confiscation request appeared.

Meanwhile, Chino's wife had hired an expensive team of lawyers in Bali who argued that she, not Chino, owned the assets, although they were unable to prove it with documentation.

As Rafael confirms, 'Chino had so many connections everywhere in the police.' Unsurprisingly, he had got wind of the police operation in time to flee and evade arrest. His real name was now useless to him, with Interpol issuing a Red Notice - its version of an international arrest warrant - so he established his headquarters in a nearby country, continuing to make millions from ecstasy production under a new false name.

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When Rafael heard about Chino's crash, he instantly worried about becoming entangled. 'I say, "Shit, now I'm fucked, they are going to come to me too." Maybe they put cameras there [at M3] and see me there all the time.'

Rafael didn't get arrested, but was still perilously walking the

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