Akbar says hello to Megawati

Akbar says hello to Megawati

JAKARTA: House of Representative Speaker Akbar Tandjung sent his warm regards to President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Wednesday through his party members.

Ferry Mursyidan Baldan, a member of the Golkar Party and secretary general of the party's youth-wing, the Young Renewal Generation of Indonesia (AMPI), said after meeting Megawati that the warm regards were simply a courtesy to the President.

"It was nothing special, but as the leader of our organization, he sent his regards when he found out that we were going to see the President," Ferry said.

Akbar, the chairman of Golkar, has been sentenced to three years jail for his involvement in the Rp 40 billion (US$4.5m) financial scandal involving the National Bureau of Logistics (Bulog). He has appealed the verdict. --JP