Habibie may testify in early July<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Former president B.J. Habibie was expected to testify
\nduring the fraud trial of former State Logistics Agency (Bulog)
\nchief Rahardi Ramelan via a live video hook up from Germany,
\nSouth Jakarta District Court chief Lalu Mariyan said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\"God willing, we will conduct it (early July) if there are no
\nobstacles,\" Judge Lalu, who is presiding over Rahardi's hearing,
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The court is currently waiting for official approval from the
\nSupreme Court and the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights as the
\nCriminal Code Procedure does not stipulate it.<\/p>\n
Supreme Court chief, Bagir Manan, supports the
\nvideoconference, saying it was \"a breakthrough\" for the country's
\njudicial system.<\/p>\n
Muladi, Habibie's legal adviser and also the former minister
\nof justice under his rule, also supports the idea. He would
\ndepart for Hamburg, Germany, on June 28 to Habibie's residence,
\nthe Kompas daily newspaper reported.<\/p>\n
Muladi said the videoconference would take place on July 2.<\/p>\n
Habibie, who has ignored court summons three times, now lives
\nin Hamburg, Germany where he is taking care of his ailing wife.
\nHe is the key witness against Rahardi, who is accused of misusing
\nRp 62.9 billion (US$7.2 million) of Bulog's Non-Budgetary Funds
\nin 1999. -- JP<\/p>",
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