Police declare bank scamp suspect Adrian fugitive<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
The National Police Headquarters finally declared on Friday
\nAdrian Waworuntu, the main suspect in the Rp 1.7 trillion Bank
\nNegara Indonesia (BNI) scandal, a fugitive following the latter's
\nfailure to surrender himself to the police on the same day.<\/p>\n
Friday was the deadline for Adrian to report to police
\nheadquarters.<\/p>\n
\"As he didn't show up today, we have placed him on the
\npolice's most wanted list,\" said National Police chief of
\ndetectives Comr. Gen. Suyitno Landung Sudjono, during a press
\nconference at the National Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
Through his lawyer Doni Antares Irawan, suspect Adrian, an
\nexecutive at export-import company PT Gramarindo Group, had
\nearlier asked police personnel for seven days to undergo medical
\ntreatment and promised to surrender himself to police by Friday.<\/p>\n
But, police did not wait for Adrian to show up at police
\nheadquarters and tried to track him down.<\/p>\n
Suyitno said that the police had sent a team to Manado to pick
\nAdrian up but his doctor said that the fugitive had returned to
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
The search proved to be the right move as Adrian's promise
\nturned out to be just empty words. He never showed up at police
\nheadquarters.<\/p>\n
Suyitno said that his men would keep hunting down Adrian.<\/p>\n
The police seemed to have difficulties in locating Adrian as
\nhe has not been under police custody since early this year.
\nAdrian already disappeared before police completed his case file.<\/p>\n
Many have questioned why the police did not monitor Adrian as
\nhe remained a suspect in the scandal.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Suyitno believes that Adrian is still in Indonesia
\nas according to data from the immigration office, there is no
\nrecord of Adrian having left the country. Besides, Suyitno
\nargued, the travel ban for him was still in effect.<\/p>\n
However, many suspects and fugitives have successfully fled
\nthe country using other names or by bribing officials at the
\nborder.<\/p>\n
Another suspect central to the case, Maria Pauline Lumowa, the
\nowner of Gramarindo group, has been able to evade arrest by
\nstaying out of the country.<\/p>\n
Adrian was among several executives at PT Gramarindo and
\nPetindo Groups accused of embezzling money from PT BNI 46, the
\nsecond largest bank in the country between 2002 and 2003, by
\nusing letters of credit from correspondent banks in the Congo and
\nKenya to withdraw money from BNI's Kebayoran Baru branch.<\/p>\n
The letters of credit turned out to be fake, causing the state
\nbank to suffer losses of Rp 1.7 trillion.<\/p>\n
There are 16 suspects in the case. Seven of them, including
\nKoesadiyuwono and Edi Santoso from BNI Kebayoran Baru branch have
\nbeen convicted. Koesadiyuwono received 15 years in prison and Edi
\nreceived life. Five Gramarindo directors have been sentenced to
\nbetween eight and 15 years in prison.<\/p>",
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