Bustanil under house arrest

Bustanil under house arrest

JAKARTA: Former state minister of cooperatives and small and
medium enterprises and chairman of the State Logistics Agency
(Bulog) Bustanil Arifin, finally received the dispensation to be
placed under house arrest, Jakarta Police announced on Monday.
Bustanil will be kept under house arrest at his home on Jl. Hang
Lekir in South Jakarta.

"We decided to grant Pak Bustanil house arrest after receiving
the report from the city police medical team on his health. But
we'll still keep a watch on his house," said Detective chief Sr.
Comr. Bambang Hendarso Danuri on Monday.

The 73-year-old Bustanil, a suspect in a corruption case
involving Rp 10 billion (US$970,874) in Bulog funds in 1990, will
be transferred to Harapan Kita Cardiac Hospital on Jl. S. Parman,
West Jakarta, to have intensive treatment for his heart problems.
He has been undergoing intensive treatment at Kramat Jati Police
Hospital in East Jakarta since Jan. 25.

Bambang said Bustanil would be hospitalized for between five
and seven days before being placed under house arrest. He said
that the period of hospitalization would not be counted as part
of his sentence.

"So far, he has only been detained for 17 days."

Since being under detention at the Jakarta Police Headquarters
on Jan. 9, Bustanil has received preferential treatment including
not being obliged to wear a detainee uniform because "they were
all too small." -- JP