Mother, son, ex-model tried for harboring Tommy<\/p>\n
Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang<\/p>\n
The Tangerang District Court began on Wednesday the trial of a
\nmother, her son and a former model for their alleged involvement
\nin hiding former president Soeharto's youngest son, Hutomo
\n\"Tommy\" Mandala Putra, who was on the run from September 2000 to
\nNovember 2001.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Puji Rahardjo, who read out his five-page
\nindictment, declared the mother, Rossana Hasan Razak, 55, as the
\nfirst defendant, her son Bil Haq bin Hasan Razak, 25, as
\nthe second defendant and Regina Ursula Sandi Harun, 37, a former
\nmodel and the ex-wife of businessman Setiawan Djodi, as the third
\ndefendant.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor said the three defendants had deliberately
\nhidden Tommy, who went on the run after he was sentenced to 18
\nmonths in jail in September 2001 for graft.<\/p>\n
While Tommy was in hiding, Supreme Court Justice M.
\nSyafiuddin Kartasasmita, one of the judges who had sentenced him,
\nwas shot dead.<\/p>\n
Tommy was arrested while he was taking a nap at Rossana's
\nhouse at Jl. Maleo II, Block JD VII, Sector 9, Bintaro Jaya,
\nTangerang, on Nov. 28 last year.<\/p>\n
Tommy is facing charges of conspiracy to murder Syafiuddin,
\nillegal possession of firearms and ammunition as well
\nas fleeing from justice.<\/p>\n
Puji said it was Sandi who first contacted Rossana, a high-
\nranking Army officer's widow who had known Tommy since 1995, and
\nasked her to use her house as a hiding place for Tommy.<\/p>\n
Rossana said she took pity on Tommy after he told her he would
\nbe killed in prison if he surrendered to police, and agreed to
\nallow him to use her house as a hiding place, but only for three
\ndays.<\/p>\n
Rossana then asked her son Bil haq to pick Tommy up on
\nJl. Raya Pondok Indah in South Jakarta and take him to the house.
\nTommy then handed Rossana Rp 10 million for rent.<\/p>\n
After Sandi dreamed between Nov. 22 and Nov. 27 that Tommy's
\nwhereabouts were discovered by police, she told Rossana to
\npersuade Tommy to surrender, but Tommy refused.<\/p>\n
On Nov. 28, several plain-clothes police officers arrived at
\nRossana's house and found Tommy taking a nap in a bedroom.<\/p>\n
The prosecutor charged the defendants with violating Articles
\n55, 64 and 221 of the Criminal Code. The articles carry a maximum
\npunishment of nine months in prison.<\/p>\n
The 45-minute session was packed with visitors, journalists
\nand TV cameramen, including 15 women wearing white blouses.
\nOne woman, claiming to be Sandi's relative, told The Jakarta Post
\nthat they were there to give moral support to Sandi in facing the
\ncharges.<\/p>\n
Wearing a beige-colored suit and glasses, Sandi said she did
\nnot understand the charges and left it all up to her lawyer when
\nthe presiding judge, Zainal Arifin, asked her to comment on them.<\/p>\n
However, the defense lawyer, Irwan Effendi, said he would
\nprepare counterstatements against the charges and ask the court
\nto present Tommy to testify at the next session. The hearing has
\nbeen postponed until next Wednesday.<\/p>\n
None of the defendants were arrested. Puji Raharjo said
\nArticle 221 of the Criminal Code Procedures stipulates that
\nsuspects can only be arrested if he or she is facing a maximum
\nfive-year prison term.<\/p>\n
No charges have been laid against model Lani Banjaranti,
\nformer actress Yenny Rachman and several other women close to
\nTommy for failing to report him to the police, even though they
\nhad met him while he was on the run.<\/p>",
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