AGO to grill Akbar on Feb. 5<\/p>\n
The Attorney General's Office has announced it will question
\nHouse of Representatives Speaker Akbar Tandjung on Feb.5 in
\nconnection with his alleged role in a scam involving the National
\nLogistics Agency (Bulog).<\/p>\n
The Office's outgoing spokesman Muljohardjo told reporters on
\nMonday that Akbar would be questioned along with the chairman of
\nthe Raudlatul Jannah foundation Dadang Sukandar and businessman
\nWinfred Simatupang.<\/p>\n
The three have been named as suspects in the case, which
\ncenters on the alleged misuse of Rp 40 billion in Bulog funds
\nallocated to a food assistance project for the poor, under the
\nnational poverty alleviation program in 1999.<\/p>\n
Muljohardjo said his office would issue summons for the
\nsuspects three days before the scheduled questioning at the
\nlatest.<\/p>\n
Contrary to accounts given by the three suspects, a random
\nfield check conducted by the Office's investigators found that no
\nfood distribution program had in fact been implemented.<\/p>\n
Controversy has surrounded the Office's failure to impose a
\ntravel ban on Akbar, who will depart for Mecca in Saudi Arabia on
\nFeb. 14 for the haj pilgrimage.<\/p>\n
Former coordinating minister for people's welfare and poverty
\nalleviation Haryono Suyono was again questioned as a witness in
\nthe case on Monday.<\/p>\n
Also on Monday, a group of activists from the Indonesian
\nMuslim Students United Front (KAMMI) rallied outside the Attorney
\nGeneral's Office. The students handed over women's clothing in a
\nmocking reference to the Office's supposed lack of courage in
\ndealing with corruption, collusion and nepotism.<\/p>\n
Representatives of the group were allowed to meet with
\nMuljohardjo on behalf of the Office's officials. -- JP<\/p>",
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