Ari Sigit's house searched during hunt for Tommy<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The city police searched on Monday night the
\nhouse of Ari Sigit Soeharto, the grandchild of former president
\nSoeharto, during hunt for his fugitive uncle, Hutomo \"Tommy\"
\nMandala Putra.<\/p>\n
National Police deputy spokesman Edward Aritonang confirmed
\nthat the police had searched Ari's house and taken him to police
\nheadquarters for questioning.<\/p>\n
The police were reported to have found a number of illegal
\nweapons and 70 bullets in Ari's house. He could be arrested for
\nbeing in possession of illegal firearms.<\/p>\n
Police revealed that 50 of the bullets were manufactured by
\nthe state-owned weaponry manufacturer Pindad, while the rest were
\nmade in the U.S..<\/p>\n
Earlier on Monday, Tommy's wife, Ardhia Pramesti Regita
\nCahyani alias Tata, was questioned as a witness by police in
\nconnection with the murder of Supreme Court Justice M. Syafiuddin
\nKartasasmita.<\/p>\n
Tata's lawyer M. Assegaf confirmed that the questioning was
\nbased on Article 340 of the Criminal Code on premeditated murder
\ncharges filed against Tommy, the youngest son of former President
\nSoeharto.<\/p>\n
Accompanied by four lawyers, including Assegaf, Tata admitted
\nto have known the three suspects, identified as Ferry Ukom, Dodi
\nHardjito and Dedi Yusuf, who were arrested earlier.<\/p>\n
\"Tata knew Ferry as a guard in her parent's house while Dedi
\nand Dodi were her husband's friends,\" Tata's other lawyer Juan
\nFelix Tampubolon said.<\/p>\n
Juan said that the last time Tata met her husband was before
\nTommy was declared a fugitive last year.<\/p>\n
Tommy escaped on Nov. 3, 2000, shortly after he was sentenced
\nto 18-months in jail in a corruption case involving State
\nLogistics Agency (Bulog) and his firm PT Goro Betara Sakti.<\/p>\n
\"Tommy contacted her two months ago. But she didn't know his
\nwhereabouts,\" the lawyer told reporters<\/p>\n
Tata, who arrived at the city police headquarters at 8:15 a:m,
\nwas questioned for seven hours.<\/p>\n
\"I ask the public not to blame Mas Tommy, before he himself
\ngives clarification. I call on him to provide clarification, ...
\nto surrender,\" Tata told reporters after the questioning.<\/p>\n
Like Tata, Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana
\nalias Tutut, during police questioning on Friday, also called on
\nher brother to surrender.<\/p>\n
Ferry, Dodi and Dedi were believed to have mapped out
\nSyafiuddin's residence in Sunter, North Jakarta and his route to
\nwork before he was shot dead by two other suspects, Noval Hadad
\nand Mulawarman.<\/p>\n
In January this year, Noval and Mulawarman were seen guarding
\nTata when she was questioned at city police headquarters about
\nTommy's whereabouts.<\/p>\n
Tata is also scheduled to be questioned at the Central Jakarta
\nPolice precinct on Tuesday related to a suspect, identified as
\nHetty Siti Hartika.<\/p>\n
Hetty who was arrested on Aug. 4 in Cemara Apartments,
\nMenteng, Central Jakarta, confessed earlier that she had given a
\ndocument on Syafiuddin's murder plan and a bag containing
\nfirearms to Tutut's maid, Iyo.<\/p>\n
Tutut and Tommy's other sister, Siti Hediati Hariyadi Prabowo,
\nand Tata were believed to have known when Hetty delivered the
\ndocument to Iyo in Tutut's house near Jl. Cendana, Central
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Besides seizing the documents and the firearms, police
\nreportedly confiscated jewelry and gold bars worth trillions of
\nrupiah from Hetty's apartment, believed to be owned by Tommy.
\n(jun\/bnt)<\/p>",
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