Thu, 14 Mar 2002

Businessman Hashim detained: Former chief commissioner of the now defunct Bank Industri Hashim Djohohadikusumo and the bank's former president director, Umar Yudi, began on Wednesday March 13, 20 days in detention at Salemba Penitentiary, pending their trial on charges of exceeding the lending limit without giving prior notice to Bank Indonesia. The document relating to their detention was signed by the general crimes assistant to the Jakarta Prosecutors' Office, Antasari Azhar. --JP