Prosecutors put Sjahril under house arrest<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Suspended Bank Indonesia governor Sjahril
\nSabirin left the Attorney General's Office detention compound on
\nFriday night, where he has been confined for the past three
\nmonths after prosecutors reverted his status to house arrest.<\/p>\n
The decision came after Sjahril's lawyers submitted a plea for
\nan arrest cessation earlier in the day.<\/p>\n
It was the third such request submitted since Sjahril was
\nplaced under detention on June 21.<\/p>\n
The house arrest notification was signed by Director of
\nInvestigation Sudibyo Saleh and is valid until Oct. 18. Earlier,
\nprosecutors had also extended Sjahril's arrest for 30 days
\nstarting from Sept. 19 and lasting until Oct. 18.<\/p>\n
Escorted by the Attorney General's Office security officers
\nand the prosecutor, Sjahril left the compound in one of the
\nOffice's jeeps.<\/p>\n
Sjahril's wife and children and several central bank staff
\nmembers were also present to accompany him to his home in the
\nCinere area, South Jakarta.<\/p>\n
\"I feel happy and relieved to leave detention,\" Sjahril told
\njournalists.<\/p>\n
His lawyer Mohamad Assegaf said the team of lawyers
\nrepresenting Sjahril would also appeal the city arrest.<\/p>\n
Assegaf argued that the new arrest status still does not
\nsufficiently allow their client to carry out his daily
\nactivities.<\/p>\n
\"The house arrest is both good news and bad news. The bad news
\nis that Sjahril still cannot go to his office. Moreover, (we
\nbelieve) there is no urgency to prolong the arrest,\" he told
\njournalists.<\/p>\n
Assegaf argued that his client has been cooperative during the
\nquestioning and the board of BI's director has also guaranteed
\nthat Sjahril will not flee to escape investigation.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Yan W. Mere said that the decision to change the
\narrest status was based on the consideration that the ongoing
\ninvestigation into Sjahril's alleged corruption case is about to
\nbe completed and because the board of BI's directors also pleaded
\nfor the change in the arrest status.<\/p>\n
\"There was no political pressure in the making of this
\ndecision,\" he asserted.<\/p>\n
Sjahril is suspected of violating the central bank's
\nprudential principal in its policy to reimburse a Rp 904 billion
\ninterbank loan guaranteed by the government in connection with
\nthe Bank Bali scandal. (bby)<\/p>",
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