Fourth Bapindo director faces trial<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Central Jakarta District Court yesterday
\nreceived the dossier of Bambang Kuntjoro, the fourth director of
\nBapindo, in connection with the Rp 1.3 trillion ($620 million)
\nscandal at the government-owned bank.<\/p>\n
The court has not yet set the date of the hearing.<\/p>\n
The trial of another former Bapindo director Sjahrizal, whose
\ndossier was turned over to the same court on Tuesday, will start
\non Aug.23.<\/p>\n
Two other former directors, Towil Heryoto and Subekti Ismaun,
\nare already on trial at the South Jakarta District Court.<\/p>\n
Eddy Tansil, the businessman at the center of the scandal,
\nwill hear the court's verdict on Monday. Maman Suparman, former
\ndeputy manager of Bapindo's Jakarta branch, was sentenced last
\nmonth by the South Jakarta District court to nine years in jail.<\/p>\n
Bambang's trial will line up some 45 witnesses, including
\nformer finance minister J.B. Sumarlin and former junior finance
\nminister Nasrudin Sumintapura. Sumarlin is now the chairman of
\nSupreme Audit Board, while Nasrudin is now a member of the
\nSupreme Advisory Council.<\/p>\n
Like the other three former directors, Bambang will be charged
\nwith the 1971 anti-corruption law which carries a maximum penalty
\nof life imprisonment.<\/p>\n
Heading the government's prosecution team will be S.T.
\nSilangit, while Bambang has appointed Hotma Sitompul of the
\nleading Hotma Sitompul law firm to defend him.<\/p>\n
Sjahrizal has appointed two noted lawyers, Harjono
\nTjitrosoebono and Mohammad Assegaf, to defend him in court. As
\nthe bank's director in 1992, he testified at previous hearings
\nthat Sumarlin had put pressure on him and the other directors to
\nmake good on Tansil's loan. (mds\/05)<\/p>",
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