Counterfeiters may get jail terms<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Prosecutors demanded on Monday that two staff at
\nthe State Secretariat be sentenced to six years in jail for
\nallegedly forging documents to facilitate the import of goods
\nbelonging to a Spanish citizen.<\/p>\n
Chief prosecutor Madju Ambarita told the Central Jakarta
\nDistrict Court that the two defendants -- Bambang Wahyudi, 47,
\nand Rachmat Permana, 42 -- had forged the signature of Ambardy
\nSyarief, head of the State Secretariat's Legal Bureau, on
\ndocuments allowing Spaniard CJM Van Mierlo to bring his
\nbelongings, including a Mercedes Benz C 180 E series, into the
\ncountry.<\/p>\n
Van Mierlo, an adviser to Bali-based PT Mimbamas Perkasa,
\nlives on Jl. Pantai Karang in Denpasar, Bali. He required
\nlicenses from both the Ministry of Trade and Industry and the
\nState Secretariat to import the goods.<\/p>\n
Madju said Van Mierlo, who did not know the import procedures
\nhere, asked a friend, Van den Hook Cornelis, to find someone able
\nto obtain the licenses from both institutions.<\/p>\n
With Van Mierlo's money, Van den Hook hired PT Gelombang
\nFajar, a Surabaya-based company, to obtain the license. The
\ncompany charged Van Mierlo US$70,000 (about Rp 490 million) for
\nboth licenses.<\/p>\n
PT Gelombang Fajar tendered the job to Jakarta-based PT
\nFrigmen Intinusa for Rp 400 million. PT Frigmen Intinusa hired
\nLuthfi Sumaran to work to obtain the documents.<\/p>\n
However, Luthfi subcontracted the job to Abdul Hakim, a
\ndirector of Jakarta-based PT Dwi Jaya Inti Perkasa, for Rp 25
\nmillion.<\/p>\n
Madju said Abdul Hakim apparently did not have a problem
\ngetting the license from the Ministry of Trade and Industry, but
\nhe had no \"insider\" to help obtain the license from the State
\nSecretariat.<\/p>\n
Abdul Hakim asked a friend, Samsudin Siregar, to obtain the
\ndocuments. He gave Samsudin, who claimed to have close associates
\nin the State Secretariat, Rp 25 million for the task.<\/p>\n
Samsudin, however, delegated the task to Saung Bachtiar.
\nSamsudin gave Saung Rp 8 million and Van Mierlo's passport to get
\nthe license from the State Secretariat.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Madju said Saung then asked defendant Bambang
\nWahyudi to work to get the license, with a promise that Bambang
\nwould receive Rp 4 million.<\/p>\n
Bambang discussed the matter with his colleague Rachmat
\nPermana, the second defendant, who provided blank letterheads
\nfrom the State Secretariat. Bambang, who later allegedly
\ncounterfeited Ambardy Syarief's signature, gave Rp 150,000 to
\nRachmat for the blank letterheads.<\/p>\n
Bambang sent the counterfeited license to the Directorate
\nGeneral of Customs in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Doubtful of its originality, the Directorate General of
\nCustoms sent the license back to Ambardy Syarief, who discovered
\nthat Bambang had forged his signature.<\/p>\n
Presiding Judge Rasadi adjourned the trial until next week, to
\nhear testimony from witnesses. (asa)<\/p>",
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