Beddu Amang's case to be reopened<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Jakarta Prosecutor's Office announced on
\nThursday the dossier on former State Logistics Agency (Bulog)
\nchief Beddu Amang was complete, and the office was ready to
\nreopen the corruption case against him.<\/p>\n
Beddu was indicted last year for his alleged involvement in
\nthe 1995 land exchange scam between Bulog and wholesale firm PT
\nGoro Batara Sakti. This is the same case that resulted in former
\npresident Soeharto's youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra
\nbeing sentenced to 18 months in prison.<\/p>\n
However, Beddu's indictment was dropped because at the time he
\nwas a member of the People's Consultative Assembly and the
\nprosecutors failed to obtain the required presidential approval
\nbefore questioning him as a suspect.<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Prosecutor's Office assistant for special crimes,
\nAndi Syarifuddin, said his office had received the dossier from
\ninvestigators at the Attorney General's Office on Wednesday and
\nhad deemed it complete.<\/p>\n
"We have sent a request to the investigators to submit the
\nevidence and to turn over the suspect to the office as soon as
\npossible," he told The Jakarta Post by phone on Thursday.<\/p>\n
"Based on common practice, the prosecutors may impose an
\narrest status on the suspect. We'll see if this is necessary for
\nBeddu," he said.<\/p>\n
Beddu's lawyer Mohamad Assegaf said his client had not
\nviolated any laws and should not be held responsible for the land
\ndeal.<\/p>\n
"The Bulog statute stipulates that the chief reports directly
\nto the president. In the case, Pak Beddu reported all of the
\ndetails of the land swap with Tommy's PT Goro to then president
\nSoeharto.<\/p>\n
"The Goro supermarket, which was built on a plot of land
\n(obtained in the deal) in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, was
\nofficially opened by Soeharto. So, by law, my client was not
\nresponsible .... Moreover, there were witnesses who testified
\nthat the state did not suffer any losses in the deal."<\/p>\n
Assegaf said he was surprised that prosecutors took so little
\ntime to study Beddu's dossier before declaring it complete.<\/p>\n
"I just read in the newspaper this morning that the
\nprosecutors still needed to examine the results of the
\ninvestigation of Beddu ... but in the afternoon, they said that
\nit was already done," he said. (bby)<\/p>",
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