Soeharto guilty in Timor car case<\/p>\n
From Bisnis Indonesia<\/p>\n
Former president Soeharto decreed two policies for the
\nnational car project.<\/p>\n
First, through presidential decree No.42\/1996, PT Timor Putra
\nNasional (TPN) was allowed to import sedans as CBU (completely
\nbuilt-up) and non-CBU (to be assembled here) from South Korea for
\nthree years. This was a special policy.<\/p>\n
Second, presidential instruction No.2 of 1996 was an order by
\nthe president to the finance minister to give PT Timor Putra
\nNasional exemption from import duties and taxes on the sale of
\nluxury goods for its imported sedans. It means the government was
\nobliged to give tax subsidies to PT TPN.<\/p>\n
Reality shows that the granting of tax subsidies to PT TPN
\nbased on presidential instruction No.2 of 1996 was never
\nmentioned in the state budget or its annex that was agreed upon
\nby the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n
Who benefited from the policy? The answer is clear, PT TPN of
\nwhich Tommy Soeharto owned 99 percent of the shares. Thus it is
\nclear this presidential instruction benefited \"oneself or another
\nparty\", namely Soeharto and his family.<\/p>\n
The policy contained in presidential instruction No.2 of 1996
\nmeets the criteria for a criminal act of corruption based on Law
\nNo.3 of 1971 (the anti-corruption law), which states that an
\naction is illegal if it \"violates the law, is detrimental to the
\nstate and benefits oneself or another party\".<\/p>\n
SUHARSONO HADIKUSUMO<\/p>\n
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