Police fails to question Nurdin<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Former legislator Nurdin Halid, who is an
\nexecutive of wholesaler PT Goro Batara Sakti, was too busy to
\ncome to police headquarters to answer questions about the alleged
\nmisappropriation of 100,000 tons of sugar by the company, an
\nofficer said Thursday.<\/p>\n
City police detectives' chief of general crimes, Comr. Tito
\nKarnavian, said that four officials from PT GBS and four others
\nfrom PT Al Khaleez Sugar, the sugar firm which reported the
\nalleged crime, were questioned on Wednesday in connection with
\nthe report.<\/p>\n
\"Nurdin Halid himself did not show up on Wednesday since he
\nclaimed he was very busy,\" Comr. Karnavian, told The Jakarta Post
\non Thursday by telephone.<\/p>\n
PT GBS has been accused of stealing 100,000 tons of sugar from
\nthe warehouse of PT Al Khaleez Sugar Co., last December.<\/p>\n
Nurdin, the president of the Confederation of Primary
\nCooperatives (Inkud), was acquitted in March 1999 of corruption
\ncharges leveled at him for allegedly embezzling Rp 115.77 billion
\n(US$12 million) from farmers' compulsory accounts at a local
\ncooperative center during his term as the manager between 1992
\nand 1994. (ylt)<\/p>",
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