Tommy gets treated in Jakarta once a month<\/p>\n
Muninggar Sri Saraswati, The Jakarta Post\/Nusa Kambangan<\/p>\n
In theory, the \"official residence\" of convicted murderer Hutomo
\n\"Tommy\" Mandala Putra, the son of former president Soeharto, is
\nin the Batu penitentiary on Nusakambangan prison island.<\/p>\n
Unlike his fellow prisoners, including the two henchmen he
\nhired for the assassination of a Supreme Court justice in 2000,
\nNoval Hadad and Maulawarman, who were sentenced to life, he has
\nbeen allowed to leave his cell and come to Jakarta for one week
\nevery month since December last year, at the least.<\/p>\n
\"It is (Tommy's leave) made possible because of the
\nrecommendation from RSPAD, with his medical record attached.
\nIt's not based on our doctors here,\" said Sudijanto, the warden
\nof the Batu penitentiary, on Thursday, referring to the Jakarta-
\nbased Gatot Subroto Army hospital.<\/p>\n
The hospital recommendation says the high-profile convict must
\nundergo medical treatment for a tumor near his eye for one week
\neach month.<\/p>\n
The hospital's chief administrator Brig. Gen. Mardjo
\nSubiyandono said on Wednesday that Tommy had a blood vessel
\nconstriction in his neck and brain, which causes migraine
\nheadaches and could bring about a stroke at any time.<\/p>\n
Sudijanto said that the treatment began in December.<\/p>\n
\"I don't know whether he had underwent the treatment before,
\nbecause I took the post in December last year,\" he stated.<\/p>\n
With two guards from Batu prison and several police officers
\nfrom the Cilacap Police department, Tommy comes to Jakarta either
\nby a chartered helicopter from the island's helipad or aboard
\ncommercial planes from Cilacap's Tunggul Wulung airport.<\/p>\n
Tommy, who was convicted in a series of criminal cases
\nincluding the murder of Supreme Court Justice Syafiuddin
\nKartasasmita, personally pays for the transportation to Jakarta
\nand for the extra \"allowances\" for the officers that get to
\nescort him.<\/p>\n
\"We don't give preferential treatment to him. It's for
\nhumanitarian reasons. Other convicts are allowed to do that as
\nlong as they have a recommendation and can pay our way,\"
\nSudijanto said.<\/p>\n
According to the warden, Tommy rarely leaves his cell in the
\nmorning and afternoon because \"he cannot bear the sunlight\".<\/p>\n
This month, Tommy has been allowed to receive medical
\ntreatment in Jakarta from July 11 to July 18.<\/p>\n
Tommy's lawyer, Elza Syarief, had said earlier that Tommy had
\ndeveloped tumors behind his eye. One of them has been removed but
\nthe second is inoperable. The treatment is mandatory to prevent
\nit from spreading, she said.<\/p>\n
Elza admitted that her client had been brought every month to
\nJakarta to carry out \"tests on whether the tumor was benign or
\nnot\".<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Sudijanto said that Tommy was likely to leave the
\nprison with the status of conditional release.<\/p>\n
\"We haven't got the copy of the Supreme Court verdict. But,
\nif his sentence period has been reduced to 10 years (as has been
\nreported recently), it is likely that he would leave the prison
\nfor conditional release next year since he has been in prison
\nsince 2001,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The Supreme Court recently reduced the sentence period for
\nTommy from 15 years to 10 years following a judicial review of
\nthe case.<\/p>",
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