Soerjadi questioned again about the July 27 riots<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The government-recognized chief of the
\nIndonesian Democratic Party (PDI), Soerjadi, was questioned
\nyesterday at the Attorney General's Office on the July 27 riots.<\/p>\n
Soerjadi arrived at the office at 9 a.m. without his lawyers.
\nHe was questioned as a witness in the cases being built against
\nlabor leader Muchtar Pakpahan and political activist Budiman
\nSudjatmiko.<\/p>\n
Pakpahan and Budiman are facing subversion charges for their
\nroles in the July riots that erupted after Soerjadi's supporters
\ntook over the PDI headquarters from the supporters of the party's
\nousted leader, Megawati Soekarnoputri.<\/p>\n
The attorney general's spokesman, Pontas Pasaribu, said late
\nyesterday afternoon that Soerjadi would not talk to journalists
\nbecause he had other commitments after the questioning was over.<\/p>\n
Pasaribu said his office had sent a third summons to chairman
\nof the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Bambang Widjojanto to
\nattend questioning today.<\/p>\n
Bambang, a lawyer assisting both Megawati and Budiman, has
\nignored two summons on the grounds that they do not state clearly
\nwhy he is being summoned.<\/p>\n
Pasaribu said the authorities would forcibly pick him up if he
\nrefused the third summons.<\/p>\n
Government investigators are scheduled to grill Goenawan
\nMuhamad, for a second time, today. Goenawan is a former chief
\neditor of Tempo magazine which the government closed down in
\n1994.<\/p>\n
Goenawan was summoned as a witness in the case being built
\nagainst Budiman Sudjatmiko, the chief of the Democratic People's
\nParty (PRD), which the government accuses of inciting the riots.
\n(16)<\/p>",
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