Sutiyoso puts auditors at ease on controversial asset issue<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
City Governor Sutiyoso on Monday was questioned by an
\ninvestigating team of the Public Servants' Wealth Audit
\nCommission (KPKPN) over his wealth report and some controversial
\nassets brought to their attention by the public.<\/p>\n
However, chairman of the KPKPN team, Thoha Rasidi, said after
\nthe questioning that Sutiyoso managed to clarify all questions
\nregarding the issue, and added that he was very happy with the
\nway Sutiyoso responded his team.<\/p>\n
\"Sutiyoso responded to our questions clearly. I'm satisfied
\nwith that,\" Thoha told the press after the meeting at the KPKPN
\noffice in Central Jakarta on Monday.<\/p>\n
KPKPN Deputy Chairman for Executive Affairs Muchayat
\npreviously said that they had received some reports from the
\npublic about Sutiyoso's controversial assets, including one
\nhectare in Cisarua subdistrict, Bogor and some Rp 1.6 billion
\nallegedly used for compensation to victims of the July 27, 1996
\nincident.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso did not include the one hectare of land in Cisarua in
\nhis wealth report to the KPKPN because he apparently does not
\nhave a clear ownership document for the land. Later, it was
\nrevealed that it is state land. He had villa there, but
\ndemolished it in a public display late last year.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso, who was the Jakarta Military chief in 1996, has been
\nimplicated in the July 27 incident, in which a group of military
\nsoldiers and their proxies attacked supporters of PDI Chairwoman
\nMegawati Soekarnoputri at their headquarters on Jl. Diponegoro,
\nCentral Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Thoha said that, despite having received it over a year ago,
\nthe team still needed to check out Sutiyoso's explanations by
\ntaking a look at all the properties mentioned by the governor.<\/p>\n
In his wealth report to the KPKPN on Aug. 9, 2001, Sutiyoso
\nstated that his total assets were Rp 10.09 billion in addition to
\nUS$215,126 in cash (approximately Rp 2 billion).<\/p>\n
However, another KPKPN official, who asked not to be
\nidentified, alleged that the governor had underreported his
\nwealth.<\/p>\n
Another controversial property is a 15-hectare plot of land in
\nCiampea, Bogor, which was reported by Sutiyoso as a farming,
\nforestry, fishery and mining area. But he admitted on Monday that
\nthere was a villa on it.<\/p>\n
\"We will check all of Sutiyoso's explanations with the reality
\nin the field,\" Thoha said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Sutiyoso admitted that there were a number of
\nmistakes on his wealth report, but blamed it on his inability to
\nunderstand the complicated form prepared by the commission.<\/p>\n
Responding to question on the compensation funds for victims
\nof the July, 27 1996 incident, Sutiyoso denied that he had a role
\nin it.<\/p>\n
KPKPN Deputy Chairman for Executive Affairs Muchayat said
\nalthough the base salary of Governor Sutiyoso was officially Rp 3
\nmillion per month, his real monthly income reached beyond Rp 200
\nmillion (about US$ 23,000 per month).<\/p>\n
\"The Rp 200 million is an official income for the governor per
\nmonth,\" Muchayat told the press on Monday, adding that the income
\ncame from a number of allowances, a percentage of taxes and other
\n\"fees\" drawn from the public.<\/p>",
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