Maman's heirs must bear financial loss<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Chief Justice Adi Andojo Soetjipto
\nrevealed that the death of Maman Suparman, a former Bapindo bank
\nexecutive serving a prison sentence for graft, does not mean
\nautomatic release from criminal obligation.<\/p>\n
Speaking to reporters in his office yesterday, Adi said
\nMaman's heirs were to be held responsible for the financial loss
\nMaman inflicted on the state.<\/p>\n
\"Maman's progeny have to cover all the fines that Maman was
\nliable for,\" Adi said. \"All Maman's property, of which the
\nSupreme Court ordered confiscated, also has to be rendered to the
\nstate,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Adi, who chaired the panel of judges on Maman's case, quoted
\narticle 83 of the Criminal Code which states that in the case of
\ndeath, only a prison term is nullified.<\/p>\n
Adi was commenting on a statement made by Maman's lawyer Denny
\nKailimang, stating that Maman's family is not accountable and
\ninsisting on the return of the seized belongings.<\/p>\n
Denny said that article 77 of the Criminal Code guarantees
\nfreedom from any responsibility.<\/p>\n
Adi denied the possibility, saying that article 77 only
\napplies during a trial.<\/p>\n
\"The Supreme Court upheld the previous sentences before Maman
\ndied. It means that the Supreme Court's decision is final,\" he
\nadded.<\/p>\n
Maman, 49, died of a heart attack in the Kramat Jati police
\nhospital in East Jakarta on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Maman was sentenced last year to nine years in prison by the
\nSouth Jakarta District Court for his role in the notorious loan
\nscam, causing a Rp 1.3 trillion (US$ 620 million) loss to the
\nstate.<\/p>\n
Maman had spent two years of his sentence in Salemba prison.<\/p>\n
Five other Bapindo executives, Syahrizal, Bambang Kuntjoro,
\nSubekti Ismaun and Towil Heryoto, were also found guilty in the
\nscam. Maman was a former deputy chairman of Bapindo's Jakarta
\nbranch.<\/p>\n
They were on the board of directors when state-owned Bapindo
\nloaned nearly $500 million to businessman Eddy Tansil between
\n1989 and 1993 to finance his ambitious petrochemical project in
\nCilegon, West Java.<\/p>\n
The loan turned sour and Tansil was sentenced to 17 years in
\nprison for cashing in on the loans with the help of insiders and
\nfor bypassing standard banking procedures.<\/p>\n
Syahrizal and Subekti got six years in jail, while Towil and
\nBambang were sentenced to eight and four years respectively.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court recently turned down Maman's and four other
\nconvicts' appeals and upheld their sentences, but increased the
\nsentence of Eddy Tansil to 20 years imprisonment.<\/p>\n
Lawyer Denny said he would sue Salemba prison for the death of
\nMaman.<\/p>\n
\"If Maman's death was natural and the prison had witnesses,
\nwhy did they have to prohibit the family from seeing him? There
\nwas a fright factor,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Denny alleged that there were strange things behind the death.
\nThe death certificate from the prison said the former Bapindo
\nbank executive died on Oct. 31 at 6:35 but the location was not
\nmentioned.<\/p>\n
The result of the post mortem examination made by the prison
\nwas different from that made by the Kramat Jati Police Hospital.
\n(imn\/05)<\/p>",
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