Ginandjar sues Attorney General

Ginandjar sues Attorney General

JAKARTA (JP): Lawyers representing former minister of mines
and energy Ginandjar Kartasasmita questioned on Wednesday the
legal basis for the issuance of a second arrest warrant by state
prosecutors for their client.

Lawyer O.C. Kaligis told the South Jakarta District Court that
state prosecutors had misinterpreted the court's ruling that the
investigation and detention of Ginandjar before April 9 were
unlawful.

The court had ruled that the arrest of Ginandjar should have
been jointly conducted by a team comprising state prosecutors,
military prosecutors and the military police. The team was only
formed on April 9.

A second arrest warrant was issued on April 18 by the Attorney
General's Office without approval from the military prosecutors
and military police. The arrest warrant, however, was effective
from April 9 and will expire on April 28.

Ginandjar, the suspect in a corruption case which allegedly
caused US$24.8 million in losses to the state, was an air force
vice marshall in the early 1990s when the alleged scandal took
place. He retired in 1996. (bby)