Judge arrested for corruption

Judge arrested for corruption

PEKANBARU, Riau: Krisman Sormin, the former president of the
Pekanbaru District Court, has been arrested on corruption
charges.

Much. Huzaini, deputy chief of the Riau High Prosecutor's
Office, said here on Tuesday that the suspect had been detained
and would be brought to court as his office had evidence that the
suspect took a bribe of Rp 50 million during a recent case he
handled in Tanjung Pinang District Court.

"Sulistianti, one of the parties to the case, and her husband
transferred the money through the suspect's bank account with
Bank Central Asia in Batam," he said, adding that Sulistianti had
made her allegations public after the court ruled against her.

During the investigation, the suspect said the money had bee
given so that an out-of-court settlement could be arranged
between the two sides, rather than to ensure that Sulistianti won
the case.

Huzaini said the suspect was facing 22-years imprisonment or a
maximum fine of Rp 30 million if found guilty.

So far, no action has been taken against Sulistianti, who
claimed she had attempted to bribe the judge.

The suspect, also a former president of the Pekanbaru District
Court, was scheduled to be brought to Batam on Tuesday to be
tried by the Batam District Court. --Antara

Jambi police to probe car smuggling

JAMBI: The Jambi Provincial Police will continue its thorough
investigation of the smuggling on Feb. 6, 2002, of two luxury
cars into the province, a police officer said.

"The police have no intention of letting the case gather dust,
especially given that it is so important to the public. We are
actively seeking the smugglers," Sr. Comr. Bakaruddin, chief of
the provincial police's detective unit, said here on Tuesday.

The police in Kuala Tungkal, Tanjung Jabung, foiled the
smuggling of two Jaguar motorcars through the province. The
attempt allegedly involved smugglers from Singapore and their
prospective buyers from Jakarta.

The smuggling attempt was thwarted by a group of patrolling
police officers who stopped a truck driven by Effendi Sinaga on
Feb. 24, 2002. The truck was transporting the two cars from Kuala
Tungkal to Jakarta.

Previously, the local police had arrested several police
personnel who were allegedly involved in smuggling luxury cars
through the province. Their cases are still being heard by the
Jambi District Court. --Antara

Eleven killed in truck collision

SURABAYA, East Java: At least eleven people were killed and
three others seriously injured in a collision between a truck and
a minibus in Suwaiwo Village, Sukorejo subdistrict, Pasuruan,
East Java, on Tuesday.

According to information supplied by the Pandaan and Sukorejo
Police subprecincts, the bodies of six of the dead were still in
the general hospital in Bangil and the Panca Dharma General
Hospital in Pandaan. The bodies of the other five dead had
already been claimed by their relatives. Meanwhile, the injured
were receiving treatment in the same hospitals

The dead victims, who were employees of a supplier of PT
Sampoerna, a cigarette maker in the province, were identified as
Kusnul, Hermin, Henis, Ernawati, Mina, Sumaiya, Muji Rahayu, the
minibus driver Dian Kurniawan, Sumarti, Ririn and Kusmainah.

The truck driver and his assistant are still at large.
--Antara