Ari Sigit hospitalized

Ari Sigit hospitalized

JAKARTA (JP): The detained grandchild of former president
Soeharto, Ari Haryo Wibowo or Ari Sigit, was admitted to Kramat
Jati Police Hospital in East Jakarta after complaining of
breathing difficulties, an officer said on Friday.

City police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said Ari,
who has been under police detention since Aug. 14, for bullet
possession, was identified as having spots on his lungs after a
chest X-ray.

When contacted by The Jakarta Post, Anton could not give
details on the possible disease suffered by Ari and how long he
would be in the hospital.

"Ari needs intensive treatment but I have not yet been
informed about his disease," he said.

Ari has repeatedly told reporters that police have wrongly
arrested him for bullet possession, saying that they should have
convicted him for consuming drugs as "they know I take drugs."

He was detained after police searched his house on Jl.
Rasamala in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Aug. 14, in the search
for his fugitive uncle Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra. (emf)