Bustanil rushed to hospital

Bustanil rushed to hospital

JAKARTA: The former state minister of cooperatives and small
and medium enterprises and chairman of the State Logistics Agency
(Bulog), Bustanil Arifin, was rushed on Friday to the police
hospital in Kramat Jati, East Jakarta, for treatment of diabetes
mellitus.

The suspect in a corruption case involving Bulog funds in 1990
was taken out of his cell at 1:30 p.m. He was wearing a black
cap, brown batik shirt and black trousers.

The 77-year-old Bustanil said his health had been
deteriorating, but he did not elaborate further.

Meanwhile, Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanegara
said that the police medical team, which checks Bustanil's health
every morning, found that there was an increase of sugar in his
blood on Friday.

"The team feared that the high amount of sugar in his blood
would worsen Bustanil's health, so we decided to take him to the
hospital," said the police chief, as quoted by Antara.

Police have detained Bustanil for questioning over a second
corruption case involving Bulog funds. -- JP