Tommy shuns again Tangerang court<\/p>\n
TANGERANG: State prosecutors failed to present former
\npresident Soeharto's youngest son Hutomo \"Tommy\" Mandala Putra to
\ntestify in the Tangerang District Court on Wednesday as he has
\nbeen transferred to the Nusakambangan penal island near Cilacap,
\nCentral Java.<\/p>\n
Tommy was scheduled to testify in the trial of some of his
\nalleged accomplices, former senior Army officer's widow Rossana
\nHasan, 55, her son Bill Haq, 25, and former model Regina Ursula
\nSandi, 37, who were accused of harboring Tommy during his time on
\nthe run.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Puji Rahajo finally read out the statements Tommy
\nmade to the police.<\/p>\n
According to these, Tommy got to know Sandi after businessman
\nSetiawan Djodi, Sandi's then husband, introduced Tommy to her in
\n1993. Tommy's first meeting with defendants Rossana and her son
\nwas at a party in 1994.<\/p>\n
Tommy went on the run in November 2000 after the Supreme Court
\nsentenced him to 18 months in jail for graft.<\/p>\n
Last month, the Central Jakarta District Court gave him 15
\nyears in jail for masterminding the murder of Syafiuddin
\nKartasasmita, one of the judges who convicted him.--JP<\/p>",
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