Djunaidi arrested upon arrival<\/p>\n
Eva C. Komandjaja, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
A key suspect in an alleged graft case involving state insurance
\nfirm PT Jamsostek, Ahmad Djunaidi, has been arrested after
\nevading a travel ban that allowed him to make a trip to Saudi
\nArabia for a minor haj pilgrimage.<\/p>\n
Police arrested Djunaidi at the Soekarno-Hatta International
\nAirport early on Sunday soon after his arrival from Saudi Arabia.
\nHe was taken to the National Police Headquarters for questioning.<\/p>\n
Spokesman for the Directorate General of Immigration Supriatna
\nAnwar said that head of the immigration office at the Indonesian
\nConsulate in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, Aslim, had tracked
\ndown Djunaidi and sent him back to Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"The immigration officers located him and brought him home on
\nSaturday night and he arrived at Soekarno-Hatta airport on 2:35
\np.m. today (Sunday),\" Supriatna told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
The operation came after Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh
\nexpressed anger at the immigration office's failure to prevent
\nDjunaidi from leaving the country last Wednesday despite a travel
\nban.<\/p>\n
Djunaidi, who was the former director at PT Jamsostek, was
\ndeclared a suspect two weeks ago in connection with the alleged
\nmisuse of over Rp 250 billion (US$26.3 million) in workers'
\nmoney.<\/p>\n
The Attorney General's Office issued a travel ban against him
\nlast Monday, but he managed to leave the country on Wednesday
\nnight.<\/p>\n
Minister of Justice and Human Rights Hamid Awaluddin, who
\noversees the Directorate General of Immigration, blamed the
\nincident on the immigration office.<\/p>\n
Abdul Rahman complained directly to Hamid, saying similar
\nincidents had happened three times since he took office last
\nOctober.<\/p>\n
Head of the interdepartmental anticorruption team Hendarman
\nSupandji, who is also deputy attorney general for special crimes,
\ntold the Post that Djunaidi would undergo questioning at the
\nNational Police Headquarters immediately after his arrival.<\/p>\n
Deputy team head Brig. Gen. Indarto, who is also the
\nanticorruption director at the National Police Headquarters,
\nconfirmed that Djunaidi was being questioned.<\/p>\n
However, Indarto said he did not know whether police
\ninvestigators would detain Djunaidi, especially after he managed
\nto escape the travel ban.<\/p>\n
\"We will decide on that matter after 24 hours of questioning,
\nwhich is now in progress,\" Indarto said.<\/p>\n
Djunaidi and a former investment director at the company, Andi
\nAlamsyah, are suspected of causing state losses through their
\ninvestment decisions, including the purchase of Rp 100 billion in
\nbonds issued by the now defunct Bank Global, Rp 105.5 billion in
\nbonds from a company identified as PT SIP and the provision of a
\nRp 49.2 billion loan to a company identified as PT V, which were
\ndeemed blunders.<\/p>",
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