Balongan suspects set for prosecution<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The Attorney General's Office will soon begin
\nprosecuting two suspects accused of misusing at least US$94.9
\nmillion in state funds allocated for the development of the
\nBalongan oil refinery in Indramayu, West Java.<\/p>\n
The office's spokesman, Barman Zahir, said the dossier on
\nsuspect Tabrani Ismail, the former processing director of state
\noil company Pertamina, was submitted on Friday.<\/p>\n
He added the dossier on the other suspect, businessman Erry
\nPutraodang, would be filed separately from Tabrani's.<\/p>\n
In 1999, Tabrani proposed a $1.813 billion budget for the
\nproject, a calculation provided by a consortium of contractors
\nled by Foster Wheeler of Britain and Japan's Gasoline
\nConstructions.<\/p>\n
Pertamina estimated that only about $1.6 billion was needed to
\nfund the project.<\/p>\n
\"Tabrani failed to submit this second estimate from Pertamina.
\nThe state's losses are estimated to be in the range of $94.9
\nmillion and $190.58, if we count other costs related to the
\nproject,\" Barman said. -- Antara<\/p>",
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