Tommy's verdict set on Oct. 14<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The South Jakarta District Court will resume its
\ntrial of the controversial land exchange deal between wholesale
\nfirm Goro and State Logistic Agency (Bulog) in mid-October, court
\nofficials said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Judge R. Soenarto, who is presiding over the trial against
\ndefendant Hutomo \"Tommy\" Mandala Putra, said he would read the
\njudges' verdict on Oct. 14.<\/p>\n
Also on Oct. 14, the judges' will read the verdict on Ricardo
\nGelael, another defendant in the land exchange deal. The trial
\nwill be presided over by Judge Djalius Amin.<\/p>\n
Tommy, the youngest son of former president Soeharto, was the
\npresident commissioner of PT Goro Batara Sakti. Prosecutor Fachmi
\ndemanded the court sentence him to two years in jail for his
\nalleged main role in the land exchange deal, which caused Rp 95.4
\nbillion (US$13.4 million) in losses to the state.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Dachamer Munthe also demanded in a separate trial
\nthat Ricardo, the former president director of Goro, serve the
\nsame two-year jail sentence.<\/p>\n
Ricardo testified in an earlier hearing that Tommy played an
\nimportant role in making the land exchange deal a success.<\/p>\n
Tommy refuted the allegation, however, and put the blame on
\nRicardo, who, he claimed, knew the details of the deal. He said
\nthat he was responsible only for Goro's planning and supervision
\nin the land exchange transaction.<\/p>\n
The first hearing of the civil lawsuit filed by former
\npresident Soeharto against seven defendants, the journalists of
\nNew York-based Time magazine, will also be on Oct. 14.<\/p>\n
Judge Sihol Sitompul of the Central Jakarta District Court
\npostponed the first hearing from Sept. 9 to Oct. 14, after five
\nof the seven defendants had not yet given their letter of
\nauthorization to the appointed lawyers. Only Zamira Lubis and
\nJason Tedjasukmana, both Indonesian citizens, gave their letters
\nof authorization to lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis. (asa)<\/p>",
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