Bosses could be jailed for scam<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A prosecutor asked the Central Jakarta District
\nCourt on Thursday to jail two former executives of state-owned
\nconstruction company PT Hutama Karya for their parts in a Rp 1.5
\ntrillion (US$187,500) corruption scam involving two toll road
\nprojects.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Faried Harianto asked the court to sentence Thamrin
\nTanjung, the company's former project manager, and Tjokorda Raka
\nSukowati, the firm's former president, to five years in jail and
\none and a half years in jail, respectively, for their parts in
\nthe crime.<\/p>\n
"The defendants gave the firm a bad image and damaged public
\ntrust in the company. Because of the case, Hutama Karya had to
\nfile a bankruptcy petition," Faried said.<\/p>\n
He also asked the court to fine Thamrin Rp 30 million and
\norder the defendant to return Rp 9 billion to Hutama Karya.<\/p>\n
The court also was asked to seize Thamrin's two Mercedes-Benz
\nsedans, a 23-hectare plot of land in Cileungsi, West Java,
\nseveral shop-houses in Bekasi and South Jakarta, an apartment on
\nJl. Sudirman, Central Jakarta, a bank account at American Express
\nBank, computers, filing cabinets and a bicycle, all which the
\ndefendant acquired between May 1994 and last February, the time
\nof the alleged crimes.<\/p>\n
Faried said although it was not proven Tjokorda had used state
\nfunds, the defendant should be held responsible for the
\ncorruption which occurred in the construction of the Tanjung
\nPriok-Jembatan Tiga-Pluit toll road and the southern section of
\nthe Pondok Pinang-Jagorawi toll road.<\/p>\n
However, the prosecutor said it should be taken into account
\nthat the two defendants had helped the country build a number of
\ntoll roads, a mitigating fact which could lighten their
\npunishments.<\/p>\n
"Tjokorda is the founder of the sosrobahu toll road
\nconstruction technique, which is known nationally and
\ninternationally," he said.<\/p>\n
He also said Thamrin had promised to return the Rp 9 billion
\nto Hutama Karya.<\/p>\n
He said the defendants were guilty of violating Article 1(a)
\nof Corruption Law 3\/1971.<\/p>\n
The article carries a maximum penalty of a life sentence or 20
\nyears in jail and a fine of Rp 30 million.<\/p>\n
The defendants are not being held in custody.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Rusdi As'ad adjourned the trial for two weeks,
\nat which time he will hear the defendants' pleas. (jun)<\/p>",
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