Fraud suspects in detention

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Two people allegedly involved in a Rp 51 billion (US$21,250,000) banking scam are being detained at the Tanjung Gusta detention center.

Antara reported yesterday that the men, identified as PB, 55, and EK, 40, were detained on May 25. Both are residents of Tangerang, West Java.

They are suspected of defrauding a state bank in Jakarta, by applying for a loan to develop a plantation of thousands of hectares.

The chief of the North Sumatra prosecutors' office, Soehandjono, declined to comment. (swe)