Eddy busted over lottery fraud<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Prosecutor's Office said on Friday it had detained PT
\nSari Kebon Jeruk director Eddy Yowono on charges of embezzling Rp
\n40 billion (US$4.25 million) from the Social Welfare Foundation,
\nthe former operator of a sports lottery.<\/p>\n
Farried Harjanto, the head of the intelligence unit at the
\nprosecutor's office, said Eddy had been detained at Salemba
\nPenitentiary in Central Jakarta since April 4.<\/p>\n
\"We are detaining him pending the completion of his case
\nfile ... it will soon be ready to be submitted to the court,
\nmaybe in one or two weeks,\" he told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
The foundation's chairman, Mashud Wisnu Saputra, reported Eddy
\nto the police in 2002 for allegedly embezzling money from the
\nlottery in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n
The lottery was later outlawed, along with all forms of
\ngambling.<\/p>\n
Former city police chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanegara ordered
\nEddy's detention in 2002 at the start of the investigation, but
\nthe suspect was released after a high-ranking official in the
\ncity administration intervened on his behalf.<\/p>\n
The police continued to process the case and recently
\nsubmitted it to prosecutors.<\/p>\n
Eddy's company was recently appointed by the city
\nadministration to handle the renovation of Tanah Abang market,
\nwhich was heavily damaged in a fire.<\/p>\n
The renovation is underway despite protests by traders and
\nresidents, who claim the project has caused flooding in the area.<\/p>",
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