Government presents dossier of fourth Bapindo suspect

Government presents dossier of fourth Bapindo suspect

JAKARTA (JP): The Attorney General's office turned over the
dossier of the former Bapindo President Subekti Ismaun to the
South Jakarta District Court on Saturday. He is the fourth
suspect to be tried in connection with the Rp 1.3 trillion ($620
million) loan scam at the government bank.

Chief of South Jakarta District Court Soedjatman, accepting
the 1,134-page dossier and 78-page indictment, said he would
study the documents before setting the date of the trial and
appointing the judges who will try the case.

Soedjatman, who is already presiding over two Bapindo cases
being tried in his court, said that Subekti's trial would likely
begin in early August.

One case being tried in the court, that of former Bapindo's
Jakarta branch deputy manager Maman Suparman, is reaching its
final stages with sentencing scheduled for this Thursday. The
other case is that of Towil Heryoto, also a former Bapindo
president, whose trial only opened last Monday.

Eddy Tansil, the businessman at the center of the Bapindo loan
scandal, is being tried at the Central Jakarta District Court.

All four are being charged under the anti-corruption law.

Two other former Bapindo directors -- Syahrizal and Bambang
Kuntjoro -- are also under investigation and expected to be
charged soon.

The Attorney General's office has appointed Tarwo Hadisadjuri
to lead the government's prosecuting team. Subekti is represented
by Amir Syamsuddin of the leading law firm Amir Syamsuddin and
Partners in his defense.

Three former cabinet ministers are listed among 52 people the
prosecutors plan to summon in Subekti's case.

They are Sudomo (former coordinating minister of political
affairs and security), J.B. Sumarlin (former finance minister)
and Nasrudin Sumintapura (former junior finance minister). All
three still hold high government posts, as chairman of the
Supreme Advisory Council (DPA), chairman of the Supreme Audit
Board and the DPA member respectively.

Subekti was the bank's president in 1989 when Tansil first
submitted his loan application. He had already resigned when the
scandal first surfaced in January. (03/05)