Police target Tommy's friends for questioning<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The police, still in the dark over Hutomo
\n\"Tommy\" Mandala Putra's whereabouts, will question his close
\nfriends, former singer Maya Rumantir and former artist Yenny
\nRachman, on Friday.<\/p>\n
The police have now turned to his friends as the questioning
\nof his sisters and wife appears to have so far not been fruitful.<\/p>\n
\"The questioning is aimed at locating Tommy's whereabouts. We
\nare going all out to search for him,\" Jakarta Police chief Insp.
\nGen. Sofjan Jacoeb told reporters at Jakarta Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
Sofjan said the police suspected that Tommy, the youngest son
\nof former president Soeharto, had stayed at his friends' houses,
\nincluding Maya and Yenny.<\/p>\n
City Police Spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam added that
\nTommy's aide and former car racer Tinton Suprapto would also be
\nquestioned about Tommy's whereabouts.<\/p>\n
Maya is widely known to have had \"special\" relations with
\nTommy in the past, while Yenny, a former film star during the
\n1980s was known to be involved with the fugitive in connection
\nwith his racing activities at Sentul car circuit in West Java.
\nTinton was the circuit manager, which belongs to Tommy.<\/p>\n
\"We are sure that Tommy is still here, in Jakarta. But we
\nadmit that we still don't know where he is,\" Sofjan said on
\nWednesday.<\/p>\n
He reiterated that Rp 500 million (US$62,500) in cash had been
\noffered by the police to anyone who could give information on
\nTommy's whereabouts.<\/p>\n
Anton said police again questioned paranormal Dionardi of Jl.
\nBenda, South Jakarta, on Wednesday who was believed to be one of
\nTommy's spiritual advisors.<\/p>\n
He said Tommy's sister Siti Hediati Hariyadi Prabowo, also
\nknown as Titiek would be questioned at Jakarta Police
\nHeadquarters on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Earlier, police had questioned Soeharto's eldest daughter Siti
\nHardiyanti Rukmana, also known as Tutut and Tommy's wife Ardhia
\nPramesti Regita \"Tata\" Cahyani.<\/p>\n
Tommy's nephew Ari Haryo Wibowo, also known as Ari Sigit, was
\ndetained for the illegal possession of ammunition on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Ari Sigit, the eldest son of Soeharto's eldest son Sigit
\nHarjojudanto, was arrested on Monday night following the finding
\nof 70 bullets in his house on Jl. Rasamala, Menteng, Central
\nJakarta.<\/p>\n
Many believe that the police's move to detain Ari was aimed at
\nforcing Tommy to emerge from his hiding place, believed to be
\nsomewhere in the city.<\/p>\n
Tommy escaped after the Supreme Court sentenced him to 18
\nmonths in jail in November last year for corruption involving the
\nState Logistics Agency (Bulog) and his firm PT Goro Batara Sakti.<\/p>\n
Police announced on Aug. 6 that Tommy had ordered the murder
\nof the Supreme Court justice, M. Syafiuddin Kartasasmita, who was
\na member of the panel of judges that decided the 18-month jail
\nsentence.<\/p>\n
At least 13 people have been arrested, including two suspects,
\nNoval Hadad and Mulawarman who allegedly shot Syafiuddin to death
\nin the Kemayoran area, Central Jakarta, while he was on his way
\nto work on July 26. (jun)<\/p>",
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