Ex-cop arrested over bank scam

Wed, 21 Sep 2005, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: A former middle-ranking police officer has been
arrested for alleged abuse of power during an investigation into
last year's Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) embezzlement scam, which
caused Rp 1.7 trillion (US$170 million) in state losses.

Sr. Comr. Irman Santosa, was an investigator from the fraud
squad division, who handled the graft case before he was
dismissed early this year.

National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Soenarko D. Ardanto said
the arrest was made last Saturday, but he refused to reveal the
charges against Irman.

Internal affairs investigators questioned 15 officers, all of
whom were part of the team working on the bank scam probe,
including Brig. Gen. Samuel Ismoko, after allegations surfaced
that he helpd a key suspect in the case flee justice. Adrian
Waworuntu fled the country last year, but was recaptured later
and sentenced in March to life in prison.

Ismoko was barred from all case investigations for a year, but
no criminal charges have been leveled against him. -- JP

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