Two executives tried for swindling<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Two executives of a private company were
\nindicted at the West Jakarta District Court on Wednesday for
\nswindling US$688,337 from privately run Bank Prima Express.<\/p>\n
Prosecutor Deddy S. Harahap said in his indictment that the
\ndefendants, identified as Tansri Benui alias Tan Beng Hoei, the
\nchief commissioner of CV Wira Mustika Indah, and Soesanto Leo,
\nthe firm's president, conducted the crime in October 1997.<\/p>\n
Harahap said the defendants told the bank that CV Wira planned
\nto import 700 tons of steel from Europe through the firm's
\nsubsidiary Tri Niaga Enterprise which was based in Singapore.<\/p>\n
He said CV Wira asked the bank to transfer the amount of
\n$688,337 for the payment of the steel to Tri Niaga through ING
\nBank Singapore.<\/p>\n
Bank Prima Express transferred the money after CV Wira showed
\ncompleted documents which stated that the firm imported the steel
\nthrough Tri Niaga, he said.<\/p>\n
The documents also stated MV Gang Qiang ship arrived at the
\nTanjung Priok harbor in North Jakarta to unload the steel, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
The problem arose, however, when the bank asked CV Wira twice
\nto repay the money, but the firm did not give any responses, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
\"When the bank checked at the Tanjung Priok harbor, it found
\nno ship named MV Gang Qiang arrived there,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Harahap charged the defendants under Article 378 of the
\nCriminal Code on swindling, which carries a maximum sentence of
\nfour years in prison.<\/p>\n
In response to the indictment, the defendants' lawyer,
\nAlamsyah Hanafiah, asked the court to drop the case as, according
\nto him, it was a civil case.<\/p>\n
\"The court also has no authority to handle the case since the
\ndispute happened at the harbor. So the North Jakarta District
\nCourt should examine the case,\" Alamsyah said. (jun)<\/p>",
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