AGO to check Soeharto's health

AGO to check Soeharto's health

JAKARTA: The Attorney General's Office said on Wednesday it would consult with its team of doctors to clarify whether former strongman Soeharto was fit to stand trial for corruption after he traveled to Central Java and Yogyakarta.

In a surprise move, Soeharto visited the grave of his wife and mother in Karanganyar, Central Java, and the tomb of his father in Bantul, Yogyakarta on Tuesday.

On Monday, he visited his favorite son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra at Nusakambangan island prison off the coast of the Central Java town of Cilacap.

During the longest trip he has made since suffering a stroke in 2000, Soeharto looked healthy as he hugged and shook hands with a number of people welcoming him.

"We will consult with a team of doctors ... as to whether his health condition has changed or not as a team of doctors had concluded that Soeharto was permanently ill," Attorney General's Office spokesman Barman Zahir said.

The doctors declared Soeharto unfit to stand trial for allegedly embezzling US$571 million in state funds during his 32 years of authoritarian rule. --Antara