Beddu's house arrest extended<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): State prosecutors failed to meet their initial
\ndeadline on Monday to file the corruption charges against former
\nchief of the National Logistics Agency (Bulog) Beddu Amang and
\nextended the suspect's house arrest instead.<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Prosecutors' Office assistant for special crimes,
\nAndi Syarifuddin, said his team still need more time to complete
\nthe indictment.<\/p>\n
\"The indictment is almost completed. We hope we can file the
\ncase soon with the South Jakarta District Court long before his
\nfinal term of arrest ends,\" he told journalists.<\/p>\n
Beddu was arrested on Nov. 28 and put under the Attorney
\nGeneral's Office detention, but was then shifted to house arrest
\non Dec. 4 due to ill health. The term of detention, which had
\nearlier been extended, is due on Jan. 16. The prosecutors
\nextended it on Monday by another 30 days. If they fail to indict
\nBeddu during this period, the suspect should be released.<\/p>\n
This is the prosecutors' second attempt to bring Beddu to
\njail. Last year, Beddu was indicted and accused of conspiring
\nwith businessman Hokiarto in a land exchange deal with wholesaler
\nPT Goro Batara Sakti in 1995, which caused Rp 76.7 billion in
\nstate losses.<\/p>\n
Beddu's indictment was dropped on the grounds that the
\nprosecutors failed to obtain the presidential approval required
\nto question a state official. Beddu was then a member of the
\nPeople's Consultative Assembly. (bby)<\/p>",
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