Doctors check Soeharto's health<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: The state-appointed medical team resumed the health
\nexamination of former president Soeharto on Friday to determine
\nwhether or not the former ruler was fit enough to stand trial.<\/p>\n
Head of the South Jakarta Prosecutor's Office Poerwanto told
\nreporters on Friday that the team, led by Akmal Taher, had
\ncarried out a neurological and psychiatric examination of the
\nformer strongman.<\/p>\n
"We will make public the results of the examination after we
\nhave obtained approval from Soeharto's family," Poerwanto told
\nreporters.<\/p>\n
The first examination was carried out last Tuesday, following
\na report saying that Soeharto appeared to be good health while
\nattending his granddaughter's wedding party last month.<\/p>\n
Soeharto has been charged with swindling US$571 million of
\nstate funds. The case was dropped in September 2000 because he
\nfailed to appear in the courtroom, allegedly due to ill-health,
\nhis doctors declaring him to be mentally and physically unfit for
\ntrial.<\/p>\n
Soeharto, now 81, has suffered a number of strokes since
\nresigning in May 1998. --JP<\/p>",
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