Graft suspect gets sick

Graft suspect gets sick

BANDUNG: Former West Java deputy governor Ukman Sutaryan has
checked into hospital after apparently suffering a heart attack
three days before the execution of a court decision which turned
down his appeal in a Rp 27 billion (US$3 million) graft case.

Ukman checked into the Hasan Sadikin Hospital on Friday before
the Bandung Prosecutor's Office executed the decision finding him
guilty of stealing the money from the West Java provincial
budget.

The court's decision was made three years after the case
began, the first involving a former provincial government
official.

Head of the fraud squad team at the prosecutor's office,
Sukaryo, said he had received a copy of the latest court
decision.

"We have contacted the penitentiary doctor to double check on
Ukman's health status. We are now not sure whether he will be
well enough to go back to jail," he said.

The hospital where Ukman was being treated on Monday would not
reveal his condition. -- JP