Police not ready to begin investigation of Bambang<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Police said on Wednesday that they were not
\nready to begin an investigation into businessman Bambang
\nTrihatmodjo, the second son of former president Soeharto, in
\nconnection with a scandal at Bank Andromeda, which he partly
\ncontrolled.<\/p>\n
The investigation into Bambang was to have begun on Wednesday,
\nbut police were forced to reschedule it to next week because they
\nwere still investigating other bankers.<\/p>\n
\"Our team is not ready yet,\" Lt. Col. Saleh Saaf of the
\nNational Police Information Service told reporters. \"It isn't
\nbecause Bambang refused to come here,\" he added.<\/p>\n
Saleh said Bambang had been cooperative with the police. \"He
\nsaid he would come here whenever his presence was required.\"<\/p>\n
Police earlier announced that they had issued an arrest
\nwarrant for Bambang and other commissioners and directors of Bank
\nAndromeda, which was closed down by the government in November
\nlast year for exceeding its lending limit. They said Bambang had
\nignored two summonses.<\/p>\n
Police, however, later retracted the statement, saying they
\nwould issue summonses and subsequently an arrest warrant if these
\nwere ignored.<\/p>\n
Saleh said the police were still working on the dossiers of
\ntwo of Bank Andromeda's directors, Nico Malangkay and Isman Dito.<\/p>\n
Both men are already in police detention.<\/p>\n
\"We are building the case against them. Once completed, we can
\nwork on other commissioners,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Noted businessmen Henri Pribadi, Prajogo Pangestu and Peter F.
\nGontha sit on Andromeda's board of commissioners with Bambang.<\/p>\n
Peter F. Gontha was scheduled to be questioned Thursday at 9
\na.m. at the police headquarters on Jl. Trunojoyo in South
\nJakarta, he said. Saleh did not confirm whether Gontha would go
\nto the headquarters but did say he hoped Gontha would show up.<\/p>\n
Minister of Justice Muladi said on Tuesday that the government
\nhad banned all the commissioners and directors of Bank Andromeda
\nfrom leaving the country pending the result of the current police
\ninvestigation, Antara reported. (emf)<\/p>",
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