Witness: Victim bribed judges<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: A witness told a hearing of the murder of the
\npresident director of PT Aneka Sarana Bakti (Asaba) on Thursday
\nthat the victim hired him as middleman \"to lobby officers at the
\ncourt, the penitentiary and the military police headquarters\".<\/p>\n
Budio Raharjo testified that he was once assigned by
\nBoedyharto Angsono to bribe the head of Salemba Penitentiary not
\nto provide facilities for defendant Gunawan Santoso, who at that
\ntime was convicted of embezzlement after financial irregularities
\ninvolving Rp 40 billion (US$4.7 million) were discovered by PT
\nAsaba finance director Paulus Tejakusuma.<\/p>\n
\"I was also assigned to lobby the military police to silence a
\npolice investigation of suspected forgery related to the
\nembezzlement charge,\" Budio said.<\/p>\n
Along with another man identified as A Liong, Budio was
\nordered to make sure the judges, including Supreme Court
\njustices, ruled against Boedyharto's ex son-in-law Gunawan.<\/p>\n
Gunawan is charged with committing and ordering premeditated
\nmurder in July of last year. The murder was carried out in the
\nparking lot of the Sasana Krida Sports Stadium in Penjaringan,
\nNorth Jakarta. If convicted the defendant could be sentenced to
\ndeath.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge I Wayan Padang Pudjawan adjourned the trial
\nuntil March 23 to hear 11 witnesses. -- JP<\/p>",
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