AGO silent on Soeharto's health report

AGO silent on Soeharto's health report

JAKARTA: The Attorney General's Office will not disclose the latest health report on graft suspect former president Soeharto until it secures approval from his family, a report said.

"We will announce the results at the right time, but we have to seek his family's consent first on whether we can disclose all the details on his medical record," Attorney General M.A. Rachman said on Monday.

He was speaking after the celebration of the office's 42nd anniversary.

State prosecutors have conducted a medical check on Soeharto due to recent reports that the former ruler was not in poor health, which, until now, has impeded a two-year-long effort to prosecute him for allegedly amassing US$571 million through corruption.

Soeharto's lawyers have repeatedly warned that a patient's medical record is confidential.--JP