Gen. Roesmanhadi faces query over graft<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): National Police chief Gen. Rusdihardjo said on
\nMonday that his predecessor, Gen. Roesmanhadi, would be
\nquestioned on Tuesday over his alleged involvement in a Rp 300
\nbillion (US$33.70 million) embezzlement of the police's 1999\/2000
\nfunds.<\/p>\n
The funds were allocated for the renovation of police
\nheadquarters.<\/p>\n
\"He will be questioned at National Police Headquarters,\"
\nRusdihardjo told reporters on Monday following a meeting on
\ncorruption at law enforcement institutions with Attorney General
\nMarzuki Darusman at the latter's office.<\/p>\n
\"(Former National Police chief's assistant for planning) Insp.
\nGen. Adang Daradjatun and (chief of the treasury agency) Brig.
\nGen. Darmadji S.W. will also be questioned on the same matter.\"<\/p>\n
Rusdihardjo said several police officers had been questioned
\nover the matter.<\/p>\n
National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Dadang Garnida insisted
\nthat the questioning had nothing to do with the mismanagement of
\nthe National Police's 1999\/2000 Crash Fund Program.<\/p>\n
\"This is not about crash funds. It's about building funds,\"
\nDadang told The Jakarta Post over the phone.<\/p>\n
Inspector general of the Ministry of Defense Lt. Gen. Suharto
\nhad requested intensive questioning of Roesmanhadi, Adang and
\nDarmadji, allegedly implicated in the mismanagement of the
\nNational Police's 1999\/2000 Crash Funds Program.<\/p>\n
The request was made in a top priority report following the
\nministry's investigation. The report was addressed to Minister of
\nDefense Juwono Sudarsono.<\/p>\n
The authenticity of the report was later confirmed by Brig.
\nGen. Dadang after he contacted the ministry's inspectorate
\ngeneral.<\/p>\n
Dated Feb. 28 this year, the report stated the investigation
\nlasted from Feb. 3 to Feb. 18.<\/p>\n
\"The management of the crash funds program was not conducted
\nas it should have been. Wrongdoing was committed, following
\npressure from the (former) chief of National Police, which was
\nstrongly supported by the (former) National Police chief's
\nassistant for planning and chief of the treasury agency\".<\/p>\n
The report further stated that the National Police failed to
\nproperly manage the funds in a way that was publicly accountable.<\/p>\n
The funds, it said, worth Rp 300.77 billion, were obtained
\n\"straight from members of the public who applied for their
\ndriving licenses\".<\/p>\n
\"The mismanagement of the crash funds program has caused the
\nstate to suffer a loss of at least Rp 5.2 billion, due to, among
\nother things, the purchase of 100 Timor sedans at marked up
\nprices, as well as unpaid taxes worth Rp 4.1 billion at PT Catur
\nGatra Eka Perkasa (CGEP), PT Sarana Krismaslindho and PT Sri
\nRejeki Isman.\"<\/p>\n
The statement referred to the National Police's purchase of
\nTimor sedans, which were bought without invoices from car sellers
\nPT CGEP and PT Sarana Krismaslindho.<\/p>\n
The alleged wrongdoing was first revealed last year by PT
\nTimor Putra National (TPN), the initial distributor of Timor
\nsedans.<\/p>\n
The report recommends that the Ministry of Defense instruct
\nthe current National Police chief to make efforts to compensate
\nthe state for losses of Rp 5.2 billion, caused due to the mark
\nups of the purchase of sedans and unpaid taxes at certain car
\ncompanies.<\/p>\n
It also instructs the National Police chief to make changes in
\nthe management of the funds and to at least apply administrative
\npunishments to a number of high-ranking police officers who are
\nstrongly suspected of backing up corruption practices within the
\nNational Police.<\/p>\n
Most importantly, it requested that the Ministry of Defense
\nguide the National Police chief in restoring the names of at
\nleast six high-ranking police officers, who helped divulge the
\ncorruption within the National Police, and were reportedly
\npunished by Roesmanhadi as a result.<\/p>\n
The officers were identified as former logistics director
\nBrig. Gen. Bambang Susetyo, former deputy chief of the electronic
\ncommunication unit Col. De Friets, Col. Y. Ponto and Lt. Col.
\nDjamaluddin, both former officers in the logistics division, and
\nMaj. Aris Munandar and Capt. Kumbul, former investigators in the
\ncity police detectives unit. (ylt)<\/p>",
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