Some profitable business groups paid more cash dividends last year ahead of this year’s elections. Anthony Salim’s Indofood Sukses Makmur (INDF), for example, paid out Rp2.65 trillion of cash dividends, an increase of 28.6% from 2017. Prajogo Pangestu’s Barito Pacific (BRPT), meanwhile, paid out US$47.2 million of cash dividend against zero in 2017.To subscribe please click here