Kartini Muljadi (born 17 May 1930) is an Indonesian businesswoman and corporate lawyer, who previously worked as a judge and notary.
[1] Her father worked as an accountant for the colony's electricity company, Algemene Nederlandsch Indische Electriciteit Maatschappij.
[3] Kartini and her brother were among a few non-Dutch children permitted to attend a European school, where they studied Indonesian, Dutch, English, German and French, before opting for elective mathematics.
Kartini also studied in Surabaya and Yogyakarta, before moving to Jakarta, where she majored in Law and Social Sciences at the University of Indonesia.
During her studies, she worked at Candra Naya Social Organization (established 1946 as Sin Ming Hui), which provided health and legal services for the poor.
[4] In 1958, Kartini was appointed a judge at Jakarta Special Court, where she was assigned to handle criminal, civil and bankruptcy cases.
[6] Following the death on 21 February 1973 of her husband, Djojo Muljadi, who was a notary, Kartini resigned as a civil servant because her income was insufficient to cover her family's needs.
During her studies in Jakarta, Kartini worked at a beauty salon owned by a Dutch woman married to an Indonesian doctor.
[16] In November 1970, Candra Naya Social Organization (PSCN) head Padmo Sumasto granted a 32,372-square-meter plot of land in Grogol, West Jakarta, to Sumber Waras Foundation.
On 23 September 2015, West Jakarta District Court ruled the disputed land to be held by Sumber Waras Foundation and sentenced Wayan to 18 months in jail.
Separately, the State Audit Agency (BPK) claimed the 3.7 hectares had been sold at an allegedly inflated price, causing the city to suffer losses of Rp191 billion.
In January 2017, West Jakarta District Court ruled Sumber Waras Foundation had legally sold the land without needing to involve PSCN.
[21] Kartini was married to Djojo Muljadi (Liem Tjing Hien, 1915-1973), who was a notary and had served as secretary of Sing Ming Hui in 1950 and as its president from 1953-55.
Kartini is the grandmother of socialite Richard Muljadi, who gained notoriety for showing off his lavish spending habits on social media, including buying a Mitsubishi Outlander car for one of his pet dogs.
[23][24][25] Richard was in August 2018 arrested for snorting cocaine in the toilet of a restaurant at South Jakarta's Pacific Place mall.