Djoko Soegiarto Tjandra (Tjan Kok Hui, also spelled Chan Kok Hin; ) alias Joe Chan is a Chinese Indonesian businessman and corruption felon. He and his brothers founded the Mulia Group of companies. In 2009, he fled to Papua New Guinea one day before he was sentenced to jail for his role in the embezzlement of banking funds. After 11 years on the run, he was arrested in Malaysia in July 2020 and sent to Indonesia, where he was later jailed for bribing police and a public prosecutor. Early life and family Tjandra was born on 27 August 1951 in Sanggau, West Kalimantan, to Tjandra Kusuma (father) and Ho Yauw Hiang (mother). He has seven siblings. He is married to Anna Boentaran and they have three daughters: Joanne Soegiarto Tjandranegara, Jocelyne Soegiarto Tjandra and Jovita Soegiarto Tjandra. Business career When he was 17, Tjandra traveled to Irian Jaya (now Papua province), where in 1968 he opened a grocery store named Toko Sama-Sama in the provincial capital, Jayapura. In 1972, he opened a shop named Papindo in Papua New Guinea. He opened a distribution business in Melbourne in 1974. In 1975, he founded PT Bersama Mulia, a contracting company, in Jakarta. Three years later, as an expert for PT Jaya Supplies Indonesia, he gained projects from state oil company Pertamina, state electricity company PLN and the Industry Ministry. Over 1979–81, he developed Belawan power plant in North Sumatra, expanded an oil refinery in Balikpapan, developed a Hydrocracking Complex in Dumai, an oil refinery in Cilacap, and Kaltim fertilizer in Bontang, East Kalimantan. In 1983, he entered the property sector, developing office blocks. Among his projects were Lippo Life building, Kuningan Plaza and BCA Plaza. He was also involved in the development of Mal Taman Anggrek, which was once the largest mall in Southeast Asia. Tjandra was a key figure in the Mulia Group, which started as PT Mulialand, founded in the early 1970s by Tjandra Kusuma (Tjan Boen Hwa) and three of his children: Eka Tjandranegara (Tjan Kok Hui), Gunawan Tjandra (Tjan Kok Kwang) and Djoko Tjandra. Mulialand is involved in construction and property. The luxury properties it developed include Mulia Senayan Hotel, Wisma Mulia, Menara Mulia, Wisma GKBI, Menara Mulia Plaza 89, Plaza Kuningan, and Taman Anggrek apartments. On 5 November 1986, Mulia Industrindo, was founded. It has manufacturing subsidiaries in glass and ceramics. Bank Bali scandal and corruption conviction