Ex-banker to face trial in absentia

Ex-banker to face trial in absentia

Former president director of now defunct Bank Pelita Agus Anwar
will stand trial in absentia on charges of stealing Rp 492
billion (US$49.2 million) in state money next week. Deputy
Attorney General for Special Crimes Hendarman Supandji said on
Tuesday state prosecutors were also trying to confiscate the
assets of Agus, who has fled to Singapore, to minimize state
losses, but found out that many of them had been sold. Agus is
being charged with misusing Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance
loans. Efforts to capture him have been in vain as Indonesia and
Singapore do not have an extradition treaty. -- Antara