Lili's questioning to resume Monday<\/p>\n
The controversial questioning of Public Servants'
\nWealth Audit Commission deputy chairman Lili Asdjudireja in
\nrelation to corruption allegations was cut short on Friday for
\nmedical reasons and will continue Monday.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Yoseph Nur Eddy, who leads the investigation, told
\nreporters that Lili could only answer 10 of 60 written questions
\nand asked for a delay. \"But his answers do not touch on the
\nsubstance of the case,\" he said on Friday.<\/p>\n
Although the request for the delay was approved at 4 p.m.,
\nLily, his lawyers and KPKPN members accompanying him eventually
\nleft the Central Jakarta Prosecutors' Office two hours later.<\/p>\n
One of the lawyers, former senior prosecutor Gagoek
\nSoebagyanto, told reporters that Lili suffered from a
\nconstriction to an artery near his heart and was still tired from
\nhis latest business trip to Surabaya.<\/p>\n
The case centers on the disbursement of about Rp 6 billion
\n(US$674,000) drawn from Bank Indonesia's Liquidity Loans (KLBI)
\nand bridging funds from the Cikini branch of state-owned Bank
\nBumi Daya -- which has since merged to become part of state-owned
\nBank Mandiri -- in 1990 for plantation company PT Sebatin. Lili
\nwas the company's chief commissioner.<\/p>\n
In the loan proposal signed by PT Sebatin's director William
\nBong, the money was supposed to be used to establish rubber and
\noil palm plantations on 5,000 hectares of land in Tanjung Aru,
\nPasir regency, East Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
The prosecutors claim a recent tip-off from members of the
\npublic alleged the funds were embezzled because, as of 1997, the
\nestablishment of the plantation had not yet been realized.<\/p>\n
However, sources close to the investigation say the probe was
\nsparked after Lili told police about Attorney General M.A.
\nRachman's dubious ownership of a luxury mansion in Jakarta. The
\nreport drew strong public criticism against Rachman and put
\npressure on President Megawati Soekarnoputri to fire him,
\nalthough she has refused to do so.<\/p>\n
The office has denied it is engaged in a vendetta.<\/p>\n
--JP<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/lilis-questioning-to-resume-monday-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }