AGO ignores court decision

AGO ignores court decision

We deplore the questionable legal stance of the Attorney
General's Office (AGO) for its deliberate ignorance to
acknowledge who are really the former shareholders of the now
defunct Bank Surya who should be held accountable for the
emergency liquidity credit the bank got from Bank Indonesia.

The Master Shareholder Settlement and Acquisition Agreement on
Bank Surya debts clearly stipulates the names of the signatories
to the agreement who are responsible for the debts and none of
them is our client Bambang Sutrisno. Yet the AGO tended to blame
our client, treating him as if he was the culprit.

We therefore urge the Legal Council, the Indonesian Bank
Restructuring Agency and the Financial Sector Policy Committee to
announce to the public the names of the debtors under the
Settlement of Former Problem Banks' Shareholders Debts (PKPS) so
that law enforcement agencies cannot manipulate data on debtors
in an attempt to blackmail innocent people.

We also see it as a mockery of the law on the part of the AGO
for its refusal to execute the Nov. 21, 2001 decision of the
Jakarta Administrative Court to lift the travel ban on our
client, Bambang Sutrisno, despite a strong reminder from the
court on Feb. 2, 2002.

For the AGO to completely ignore the decision of the Jakarta
Administrative Court along with the reminder note to lift the
travel ban on our client is absolutely a blatant insult to the
rule of law in the country.

PRIHARTONO & PARTNERS

Attorneys and Counselors at Law

Jakarta