Prosecutors deny ignoring Attorney General's order<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Prosecutors denied on Tuesday reports that they
\nwere disobeying Attorney General Marzuki Darusman's order to send
\na medical team to examine former president Soeharto's health at
\nhis house on Monday.<\/p>\n
\"There is no such thing as that because we all also want to
\ncarry out our duty and we also want to see some progress,\" the
\nAttorney General's Office spokesman, Soehandoyo, told The Jakarta
\nPost on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Soehandoyo acknowledged, however, that Marzuki's subordinates
\nwere not quick enough to carry out instructions.<\/p>\n
\"Marzuki Darusman has come forth with a strategic decision and
\n(his subordinates) should be able to immediately execute that
\nstrategic decision,\" Soehandoyo said.<\/p>\n
Despite Marzuki's order, the state-appointed team of doctors
\nfailed to turn up at the former ruler's residence on Monday.<\/p>\n
Soehandoyo reiterated on Tuesday that the team was still
\nstudying Soeharto's medical report.<\/p>\n
The team was set up to verify a medical report issued by the
\nformer ruler's doctors.<\/p>\n
Soeharto has been named a suspect by the Attorney General's
\nOffice in a revived probe into alleged corruption during his 32-
\nyear rule.<\/p>\n
Soeharto's lawyers, however, have repeatedly pleaded that
\ntheir client is medically unfit to undergo questioning.<\/p>\n
Two weeks ago the 78-year-old former strongman failed to
\nanswer a summons to appear at the Attorney General's Office.<\/p>\n
Soeharto's half brother, businessman Probosutedjo, told
\nprivate television station SCTV recently that the former
\npresident could take walks and practice golf strokes but \"his
\nnervous system is damaged\".<\/p>\n
Probosutedjo said Soeharto could not talk properly and that
\nhis memory \"was not like it was before\".<\/p>\n
President Abdurrahman Wahid, under whose administration the
\ncharges were revived, has made it clear that if Soeharto were
\nconvicted, he would ask him to reimburse the state, but not send
\nhim to jail.<\/p>\n
U.S. business magazine Forbes estimated last year Soeharto's
\nfamily fortune at some US$4 billion. Time magazine, which
\nSoeharto is suing, has put the figure at about US$15 billion.
\n(byg)<\/p>",
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