Da'i rapped over U.S. helicopters<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The House of Representatives will summon Police chief
\nGen. Da'i Bachtiar over the purchase of 17 Enstrom helicopters
\nand two small Beechraft planes worth US$31.5 million from the
\nUnited States last June.<\/p>\n
House Commission member Djoko Susilo of the Reform faction
\nsaid here on Thursday that the police had ignored an appeal from
\nthe House not to buy security equipment from the U.S.<\/p>\n
"We shall summon the police chief to explain the deal because
\nit contradicts an appeal made by the commission," said Djoko,
\nadding that the deal was concluded on June 27 by Da'i and
\npresident of Michigan-based Enstrom Helicopter Corp. for Asia
\nCyrus Pitt.<\/p>\n
Djoko said House Commission I had on June 20 told the
\ngovernment not to purchase defense and security equipment from
\nthe U.S.<\/p>\n
The demand was made in response to a statement by U.S.
\nAmbassador to Indonesia Ralph L. Boyce that U.S.-made F-16
\nFighting Falcon warplanes should not be used in the military
\noperation in Aceh, which legislators considered to be an
\nintervention into Indonesia's domestic affairs. --JP<\/p>",
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