Complaint filed with police urged on minting of Gold Quest coins
Complaint filed with police urged on minting of Gold Quest coins
ID Nugroho, The Jakarta Post , Surabaya
Yusuf Hasyim, the youngest son of Nadhlatul Ulama (NU) founder
Hasyim Asy'ari, filed a complaint on Saturday with the East Java
Police against Gold Quest International Ltd, a Hong Kong-based
company producing gold items.
Yusuf was objecting to the unauthorized planned production and
sale of gold coins bearing the image of Hasyim Asy'ari.
Yusuf Hasyim was accompanied to the police headquarters by
lawyers Rachmansyah and Bayu Prasetio. They spent four hours at
the headquarters in an attempt to prevent the production and sale
of the gold coins.
He said that producing and selling gold coins bearing the
image of his father would belittle the NU.
The NU, a Muslim traditionalist organization, claims 40
million members in the country.
He also said the planned production and sale of the gold coins
was illegal as Hasyim Asy'ari's family had not approved the move.
During the visit to the fraud section at the East Java Police
Headquarters, Yusuf Hasyim submitted to the police invitations to
the launch of the coins.
The evidence was handed over to police to prove that Gold
Quest had already planned and even started producing the gold
coins.
Gold Quest was scheduled to launch the gold coins at Hotel JW
Marriott in Surabaya last Tuesday. Abdurahman Wahid -- a former
NU chairman, grandson of Hasyim Asy'ari and nephew of Yusuf
Hasyim -- was invited to the launch to receive a sample of the
gold coins. However, the launch was canceled.
Abdurrahman supported the plan to produce and sell the gold
coins, on the grounds that it would financially help a foundation
belonging to the family of Hasyim Asy'ari.
Meanwhile, Yusuf said he was considering suing PT Gold Quest.
"It is difficult to settle it through negotiation. I demand
that the gold coins not be produced and sold to the public, but
the company has apparently moved ahead with its plan to produce
and sell them," he said.
Rachmansyah said the lawyers were studying what type of
lawsuit to file against PT Gold Quest.
Separately, police investigator Comr. Krisno H. Siregar said
he had asked Yusuf Hasyim 18 questions during the latter's visit
to the police headquarters. The questions concerned his family
tree and the canceled launch of the gold coins at Hotel JW
Marriott.