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        "id": 1423924,
        "msgid": "lubis-denies-sofyan-named-as-a-suspect-1447893297",
        "date": "1999-02-24 00:00:00",
        "title": "Lubis denies Sofyan named as a suspect",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Lubis denies Sofyan named as a suspect JAKARTA (JP): The lawyer representing a businessman implicated in a bank credit scandal said his client, Sofyan Wanandi, could not be named a suspect because he had never been even questioned over the matter. Todung Mulya Lubis said Tuesday his client had yet to be summoned by the prosecutor for alleged abuse of bank credit usage involving three government banks.",
        "content": "<p>Lubis denies Sofyan named as a suspect<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The lawyer representing a businessman implicated<br>\nin a bank credit scandal said his client, Sofyan Wanandi, could<br>\nnot be named a suspect because he had never been even questioned<br>\nover the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Todung Mulya Lubis said Tuesday his client had yet to be<br>\nsummoned by the prosecutor for alleged abuse of bank credit usage<br>\ninvolving three government banks.<\/p>\n<p>\"We were surprised after reading the Kompas and Merdeka<br>\ndailies today,\" Todung said, referring to reports that his client<br>\nhad been named a suspect by the Attorney General as of Feb. 15.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Attorney General's Office spokesman Soehandoyo<br>\nhad said Sofyan allegedly received US$16 million from PT Bank<br>\nNegara Indonesia (BNI) 1946, Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) and Bank<br>\nBumi Daya (BBD).<\/p>\n<p>Todung also said that his client could not be named a suspect<br>\nbecause he was not on the board of directors of several companies<br>\nrelated to the case. He said Sofyan was a commissioner, while the<br>\ncivil law stipulates that it is the board of directors that bear<br>\nresponsibility for legal matters.<\/p>\n<p>By naming Sofyan, the owner of the Gemala Group conglomerate,<br>\nas a suspect, the Attorney General was treating him as a suspect<br>\nin a criminal case, Todung said.<\/p>\n<p>Todung added that Sofyan could not be summoned because of poor<br>\nhealth. He showed a statement dated Feb. 15 from his client's<br>\nphysician, saying Sofyan is being treated at a clinic in<br>\nMinnesota, United States, for chest pains among other things. The<br>\nstatement said treatment would take three or four months.<\/p>\n<p>The Attorney General has summoned Sofyan three times, on Oct.<br>\n23 and Nov. 20 last year, and Jan. 5 this year, in his capacity<br>\nas owner of the Gemala Group. Todung said at that time his client<br>\nwas already undergoing treatment overseas. (01)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/lubis-denies-sofyan-named-as-a-suspect-1447893297",
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