Latief let off gambling charge<\/p>\n
MALANG, East Java: The local police have decided not to
\nprosecute senior East Java politician Latief Pudjosakti on
\ngambling charges but he will required to testify in connection
\nwith the raid on a gambling den.<\/p>\n
Malang Police Chief Lt. Col. Makbul Padmanagara said that
\nLatief had been present at the house at the time of the raid but
\nthat he had been there to pay a visit to the sick parents of the
\nhouse owners.<\/p>\n
This, Makbul added, was corroborated by the house owners,
\nAntara reported.<\/p>\n
Latief, the deputy speaker of the East Java Legislative
\nCouncil, has been embroiled in a dispute within the Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party, to which he belongs. The news that he was
\ncaught at a gambling den has further damaged his standing.<\/p>\n
Latief has insisted that he had no knowledge at all that the
\nhouse was being used as a gambling den. He said the house owner
\nwas a personal friend of his and that he had gone there to see
\nthe sick parents.<\/p>\n
Latief will, however, be required to testify in the trial of
\neight people who were arrested during the raid, police said.
\n(emb)<\/p>",
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