Prosecutor demands two years for Tommy<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Prosecutors asked the South Jakarta District
\nCourt on Monday to sentence the two key figures in wholesale firm
\nGoro's land exchange deal with the State Logistics Agency
\n(Bulog), Hutomo \"Tommy\" Mandala Putra and Ricardo Gelael, to two
\nyears in jail and order them to repay Rp 28.15 billion the state
\nlost in the transaction.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors read their demands at the separate trials of the
\ntwo suspects. Fachmi is leading the prosecution against Tommy and
\nDachamer Munthe is prosecuting the case against Ricardo.<\/p>\n
Tommy, former president Soeharto's youngest son, was the
\npresident commissioner of PT Goro Batara Sakti, while Ricardo was
\npresident director of the wholesale firm.<\/p>\n
In their statements, Fachmi and Munthe said the two defendants
\ncaused the state to suffer Rp 95.4 billion in losses.<\/p>\n
\"Goro could not repay its Rp 23 billion debt to Bank Bukopin.
\nIts failure to settle the debt caused Bulog, which deposited Rp
\n23 billion in the bank, to suffer losses after the bank seized
\nthe deposited money,\" said Fachmi in the trial presided over by
\njudge R. Soenarto.<\/p>\n
Fachmi said Goro also owed Rp 32.5 billion to Bulog, which
\ngave the money to the wholesale firm to appropriate a 71-hectare
\nplot of land in Marunda, North Jakarta. The plot in Marunda was
\nexchanged for Bulog's 50-hectare plot of land in Kelapa Gading,
\nalso in North Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Fachmi also said the defendant's renovation of 11 of 16
\nwarehouses on the Kelapa Gading land caused the state Rp 10.1
\nbillion in losses. He said an agreement between Goro and Bulog
\nallowed the wholesale firm to use the 16 warehouses.<\/p>\n
Fachmi said Goro also failed to pay rental fees amounting to
\nRp 6.2 billion for the five remaining warehouses.<\/p>\n
He said the state lost another Rp 23.5 billion when Bulog was
\nunable to use its eight hectares of the 50-hectare plot in Kelapa
\nGading after Goro established its main office on the land.<\/p>\n
He said Tommy violated Article 28 of Law No. 3\/1971 on
\nCorruption, which carries a maximum punishment of 20 years in
\njail.<\/p>\n
\"The defendant is still young and he has never committed any
\ncrimes before,\" Fachmi said when explaining his demand for a two-
\nyear jail sentence.<\/p>\n
In Ricardo's trial, presided over by judge Djalius Amin,
\nMunthe also charged the defendant with violating Article 28 of
\nthe Corruption Law.<\/p>\n
When asked about his grounds for demanding a two-year jail
\nterm for Ricardo, Munthe said the final decision was in the
\njudges' hands.<\/p>\n
\"I agree that there should be different treatment for the two
\ndefendants, but it's up to the judges to decide,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Both judges adjourned the trials until next Wednesday, at
\nwhich time the defense lawyers will read their statements. (asa)<\/p>",
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