Two firms implicated in BNI scandal fictitious<\/p>\n
Slamet Susanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta<\/p>\n
Magelang police stated that a local Bank Mandiri was not the
\nvictim of a loan scandal, but that the new scandal involved a
\nBank Negara Indonesia (BNI) branch in Magelang, Central Java, and
\nUS$3.19 million.<\/p>\n
Earlier on Friday, Central Java Police chief Insp. Gen. Didi
\nWidayadi had said that Bank Mandiri's Magelang branch was the
\ncenter of the scandal.<\/p>\n
However, the two companies implicated in the now confirmed BNI
\nscandal, PT Prasetya Cipta Tulada and PT Maestro Utama Inter
\nBuana, appeared to be fictitious. The addresses of the firms
\nbelonged to two residential houses, which showed no signs of
\nbusiness activities, The Jakarta Post learned.<\/p>\n
In Magelang, Kedu Police chief of detectives Comr. RM Adityo
\nsaid officers were gathering more information on the two
\ncompanies and the loan scandal.<\/p>\n
"No one has been named a suspect in the case so far.
\nEverything is still being investigated," he said.<\/p>\n
Adityo said Kedu Police detectives had requested information
\nfrom Magelang industry and trade official Siswoyo in connection
\nwith a business license issued on Feb. 19, 2003 for PT Prasetya
\nCipta Tulada.<\/p>\n
Siswoyo said the company was registered as a granite trader
\nwith a head office in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
However, the house apparently used by the company on Jl.
\nPahlawan Prajenan, Mertoyudan subdistrict, Magelang, was found to
\nbe devoid of business activities.<\/p>\n
The family who lives in the house said the it was used by PT
\nPrasetya Cipta Tulada only as a forwarding address.<\/p>\n
Yet, they claimed to have forgotten the name of the individual
\nusing their home address.<\/p>\n
The house on Jl. Raden Saleh, No. 1, Magelang, the listed
\naddress for PT Maestro Utama Inter Buana, was empty and in
\ndisuse.<\/p>\n
Separately, Bank Mandiri stressed that its Magelang branch was
\nnot the center of the US$3.19 million loan scandal.<\/p>\n
"An audit showed that nothing has happened at our Magelang
\nbranch," said Sambodo Prijo, a senior Bank Mandiri official in
\nSemarang, Central Java.<\/p>",
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