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        "msgid": "soeharto-probe-not-an-investigation-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-07-02 00:00:00",
        "title": "Soeharto probe not an investigation",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Soeharto probe not an investigation JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Lt. Gen. Muhammad Ghalib insisted yesterday that his office was not conducting an \"investigation\" into the wealth of former president Soeharto, but was merely \"examining\" it. \"We are still in a preliminary examination stage and we have not instigated any investigation,\" Ghalib asserted, adding that the examination was only focusing on the foundations chaired by Soeharto.",
        "content": "<p>Soeharto probe not an investigation<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Attorney General Lt. Gen. Muhammad Ghalib<br>\ninsisted yesterday that his office was not conducting an<br>\n\"investigation\" into the wealth of former president Soeharto, but<br>\nwas merely \"examining\" it.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are still in a preliminary examination stage and we have<br>\nnot instigated any investigation,\" Ghalib asserted, adding that<br>\nthe examination was only focusing on the foundations chaired by<br>\nSoeharto.<\/p>\n<p>Ghalib just smiled when journalists pressed him to answer why<br>\nthe examination had not been expanded, then said that his office<br>\nneeded no external assistance to undertake the task.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Attorney General's office is perfectly capable,\" he<br>\nremarked.<\/p>\n<p>In its July 6 issue, Forbes magazine lists Soeharto's family<br>\nas one of the richest in the world, and reveals that during his<br>\n32 years in power the former president amassed stakes in about<br>\n3,200 Indonesian companies and a family fortune worth something<br>\nin the region of US$4 billion.<\/p>\n<p>However, a lawyer appointed by Soeharto has said on television<br>\nthat the former president does not have a vast fortune and has no<br>\nbank accounts outside the country.<\/p>\n<p>When Ghalib was asked by journalists whether it was possible<br>\nfor someone like Soeharto not to have any offshore accounts, the<br>\nthree-star general replied: \"You must ask him, not me\".<\/p>\n<p>Ghalib maintained that it was not fair for people to denounce<br>\nSoeharto for his wealth while there was no concrete evidence of<br>\nimpropriety on the part of the aging former president.<\/p>\n<p>\"Justice must be upheld. Pak Harto has never been declared<br>\nguilty (by court). You cannot continue accusing him. It is not<br>\nfair to accuse someone without proof,\" Ghalib replied when<br>\njournalists asked him how his office's examination of Soeharto's<br>\nwealth was progressing.<\/p>\n<p>Ghalib only recently took over as Attorney General. He was<br>\nappointed by President B.J. Habibie in a shock move last month.<br>\nHe replaced Soejono C. Atmonegoro as the country's senior legal<br>\nfigure. (prb)<\/p>",
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