ICW sues Attorney General's Office

ICW sues Attorney General's Office

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) filed a lawsuit
on Monday against the Attorney General's Office for halting the
probe into alleged corruption cases involving Texmaco three years
ago.

A lawyer representing ICW, Iskandar Sonhadji, said the
decision did not follow proper procedures, so that the
investigation into Texmaco president director Marimutu Sinivasan
should have continued.

"We want the public to understand. The Attorney General's
Office is not allowed to just drop such cases so easily,"
Iskandar said, referring to a recent decision by the office to
stop the investigation into high-profile corruption cases
involving former president Soeharto's cronies.

Iskandar said Sinivasan could be indicted on corruption
charges as he had misused import loans to pay off other debts and
build a new factory.

Later on Bank Indonesia cleared Sinivasan of bank law
violations, which prompted the Attorney General's Office to
freeze the case.

The office's controversial decision was made during the tenure
of Attorney General Marzuki Darusman. -- Antara