Access given to BRI accounts<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Four Bank BCA branch managers have given prosecutors access to
\nall accounts to which the money stolen from state-owned Bank
\nRakyat Indonesia (BRI) was allegedly channeled, only after the
\nJakarta Prosecutor's Office threatened to name them suspects if
\nthey refused to cooperate.<\/p>\n
\"After our warning, the heads of BCA branches in Kuningan,
\nGKBI building, Matraman and Pasar Baru have allowed us to check
\nall the accounts related to the scandal today,\" Marwan Effendi,
\nthe assistant to the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office chief for
\nspecial crimes, said.<\/p>\n
He said the prosecutor's office put heavy pressure on the
\nbranch managers after securing approval from Bank Indonesia (BI).
\nThe request for access to the accounts was made on Monday, but
\nthere was no response until the prosecutors threatened to ensnare
\nthem in the bank fraud, which caused Rp 294 billion (US$34.5
\nmillion) in losses.<\/p>\n
\"We will start examining the accounts tomorrow (Thursday)
\nbecause the branch heads notified us about the access only this
\nafternoon. We hope more names and funds can be revealed,\" said
\nMarwan.<\/p>\n
The loan scandal was allegedly orchestrated by several BRI
\nofficials and two businessmen in three BRI branches.<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Prosecutor's Office has named three BRI officials
\nand two businessmen as suspects and is currently holding them in
\ndetention. The three BRI officials are Central Jakarta's BRI
\nSenen branch head Deden Gumilar, Bogor's Surya Kencana sub-branch
\nhead Asep Tarwan and Central Jakarta's sub-head Agus Riyanto. The
\ntwo businessmen are the owner of PT Delta Makmur Experindo Yudi
\nKartolo and his director Hartono.<\/p>\n
Investigators have questioned over 20 witnesses and frozen 29
\naccounts into which the money was allegedly siphoned. The
\ncombined balance of the accounts amounts to Rp 100 million.<\/p>\n
\"We have examined nine of the 29 accounts in North Jakarta's
\nBCA Pluit branch, Central Jakarta's BRI Senen branch, Bogor's
\nSurya Kencana's branch and South Jakarta's BCA Kemang branch. We
\nhave withhold Rp 60 billion of the funds in a secure account at
\nthe Senen branch,\" said Marwan.<\/p>\n
The nine accounts bear the names of Henry Gozali, Dony
\nMaulana, Yohannes Eka Negara and Yudi Kartolo himself.<\/p>\n
\"These could be new suspects or just other names used by Yudi
\nand Hartono,\" said Marwan.<\/p>\n
He added that two witnesses had handed over Rp 1 billion
\nvoluntarily to the prosecutors.<\/p>\n
Marwan said his office had completed the questioning of the
\ndetainees as witnesses and he was preparing the dossiers. They
\nwill face more questioning as suspects soon.<\/p>\n
The investigators have also planned to question two experts in
\nbanking transactions from BRI and BI.<\/p>\n
\"We will question them on Friday because we must become
\nfamiliar with all the BRI and BI regulations regarding this kind
\nof transaction,\" said Marwan.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, National Police interrogated one more suspect
\nrelated to the Rp 1.7 trillion Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI)
\nscandal.<\/p>\n
\"We are questioning the former BNI head of Region 10 Heru
\nSarjono as a witness to clarify the role of BNI officials in the
\nregion,\" said National Police deputy spokesman Brig. Gen.
\nSoenarko.<\/p>\n
Heru is the younger brother of Edi Santoso, another suspect in
\nthe case.<\/p>",
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