Sjamsul escape rumor denied<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Attorney general's spokesperson Moeljohardjo
\ndenied on Friday rumors that business mogul Sjamsul Nursalim, a
\nsuspect in a corruption case, had fled the country saying he was
\nbeing treated at a hospital here.<\/p>\n
\"It's absolutely untrue,\" he said, as quoted by Antara.<\/p>\n
Moeljohardjo said Sjamsul was undergoing treatment at Room 427
\nof Medistra Hospital, South Jakarta due to a heart problem and
\nchest pains.<\/p>\n
Sjamsul, owner of Gadjah Tunggal Group, was arrested by the
\nAttorney General's Office on Tuesday but was allowed to leave the
\ndetention house that night due to illness.<\/p>\n
A former director of the now defunct Bank Dagang Negara
\nIndonesia, Sjamsul is alleged to have misused Rp 10.9 trillion
\n(US$990.9 million) of state emergency loans extended to the bank
\nbetween 1997 and 1999.<\/p>\n
Sjamsul is one of three tycoons whose legal proceedings were
\ninitially delayed upon President Abdurrahman Wahid's request as
\nthey were considered the largest contributors to the country's
\neconomy.<\/p>\n
The other two were Marimutu Sinivasan, owner of textile
\ncompany Texmaco and timber tycoon Prajogo Pangestu.<\/p>\n
The Attorney General's Office has stressed that Sjamsul's time
\nin hospital would not be deducted from his 20-day detention
\nwarrant.<\/p>\n
The Attorney General's Office has also forbidden him from
\ntravelling abroad for a year, starting Dec. 22.<\/p>\n
Separately on Friday, another detainee, former minister of
\nmines and energy Ginandjar Kartasasmita, received a visit from
\nthe head of the Muslim Brotherhood, cleric Hussein Al Habsyi.<\/p>\n
Habsyi said his visit was a show of support for Ginandjar.<\/p>\n
\"I have come to see my people who are being cruelly treated by
\nMr. Dur,\" he said referring to the President.<\/p>\n
\"I told him (Ginandjar) to pray and be patient in facing this
\nand not to worry because I am here for him,\" he told journalists.<\/p>\n
Habsyi is known as a political opponent of Nahdlatul Ulama.<\/p>\n
Despite not obtaining a visiting permit from prosecutors,
\nHabsyi accompanied Ginandjar for Friday prayers at the office's
\nBaitul Adli mosque and talked with him for ten minutes inside his
\ncell.<\/p>\n
Ginandjar refused to talk to reporters.<\/p>\n
Ginandjar is accused of abusing power in his former capacity
\nas minister of mines and energy, in several government contracts
\nwhich allegedly caused some $24.8 million in losses to the state.<\/p>\n
He has been in detention since April 6 after receiving medical
\ntreatment at state-run Pertamina Hospital for a week.(bby\/hdn)<\/p>",
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