Marzuki wants two more weeks to arrest Tommy<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): After two weeks of futile hunt for fugitive
\nHutomo \"Tommy\" Mandala Putra, Attorney General Marzuki Darusman
\nrequested on Saturday two more weeks to capture the youngest son
\nof former president Soeharto.<\/p>\n
Marzuki said President Abdurrahman Wahid had asked him and
\nNational Police Chief Gen. Surojo Bimantoro to go on with the
\nsearch for the country's most wanted man.<\/p>\n
\"I'm the person who is very disappointed (with Tommy still
\neluding capture),\" Marzuki said after meeting with the President
\nat the State Palace.<\/p>\n
It was the President's first meeting with Marzuki and
\nBimantoro since his arrival from overseas. Marzuki arrived after
\nBimantoro.<\/p>\n
Presidential spokesman Wimar Witoelar said on Friday that
\nAbdurrahman \"was very upset\" by the inability of the law
\nenforcement apparatus to bring in Tommy, as Hutomo is widely
\nknown, and put him behind bars.<\/p>\n
Wimar ruled out any possibility of dismissal of Marzuki and
\nBimantoro despite their failure, but said the two would be
\nsubject to an evaluation.<\/p>\n
Tommy's disappearance is proving to be a major embarrassment
\nfor Abdurrahman's crisis-ridden 13-month-old administration. It
\ncame to power on promises of eliminating corruption and
\nestablishing the rule of the law only to be bogged down in
\nscandal and mismanagement.<\/p>\n
Later on Saturday, Marzuki also held talks with Wimar. But
\nthere were no details of the meeting.<\/p>\n
Bimantoro briefed the President about the plan to question
\nSoeharto's family in connection with the police's search for
\nTommy.<\/p>\n
\"I was asked to expedite the search for Tommy as much as
\npossible,\" Bimantoro said of the content of his meeting.<\/p>\n
Tommy, a multi billionaire businessman, has been sentenced to
\n18 months in jail on corruption charges stemming from a 1995 land
\nswap deal with the State Logistic Agency (Bulog). The deal caused
\nthe state some Rp 76.7 billion in losses.<\/p>\n
He has been on the run since Nov. 3, the day after Abdurrahman
\nrefused to grant him a pardon.<\/p>\n
Tommy's home on Jl. Cendana, Central Jakarta was seized on
\nTuesday by prosecutors in a move to secure the fugitive's private
\nassets. He was ordered by the Supreme Court on Sept. 22 to repay
\nsome Rp 30.6 billion.<\/p>\n
Bimantoro said on Saturday two sisters of Tommy, Siti
\nHardijanti Rukmana, known as Tutut, and Siti Hutami Adiningsih or
\nMamiek, would be questioned by police on Monday.<\/p>\n
\"Mamiek in particular will be questioned for possession of
\nillegal weapons,\" Bimantoro told reporters.<\/p>\n
Tommy's lawyer Nudirman Munir has been questioned due to the
\nfact his client has gone missing.<\/p>\n
Police have also summoned Tommy's wife Ardhia Pramesti Rigita
\nCahyani, or Tata, for questioning on Monday. Tata had failed to
\nmeet a previous summons on Thursday. (jun)<\/p>",
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