Dossier of Subekti will be sent to court

JAKARTA (JP): The dossier of one more key suspect in the Rp 1.3 trillion (US$620 million) loan scam at the state-owned bank Bapindo is expected to be turned over to a Jakarta court of justice this week.

Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Sutomo announced over the weekend that his office was planning to submit documents regarding Subekti Ismaun, one the four former Bapindo's directors suspected of involvement in the case, to the South Jakarta District Court sometime this week.

He also said that the dossiers of two other former directors of the bank, Sjahrizal and Bambang Kuntjoro, would probably be submitted to the Central Jakarta District Court in the near future.

Sutomo declined to explain whether the two would be tried in a single trial or separately, as was reported previously.

"That is a technical matter. We will decide that later," he told newsmen.

Today, Towil Heryoto will be arraigned at the South Jakarta District Court. Towil is the first of the four who face the trial in connection with the loan scam.

Towil's trial follows those of Eddy Tansil, the owner of the Golden Key Group of companies to whom the loans were extended, and Maman Suparman, formerly deputy manager of Bapindo's Jakarta branch.

Tansil's trial is now reaching its closing stages, while Maman will hear the court's verdict on July 21.

Government prosecutors formerly demanded that the court sentence Maman to 13 years imprisonment for his role in the scam. (05)