Justice for Sutiyoso?

Justice for Sutiyoso?

The public question of whether Governor Sutiyoso would comply
with a court summons in the Ancolgate case has been answered. He
has obeyed the summons issued by the Jakarta High Prosecutor's
Office.

It is reasonable to assume that Sutiyoso's inclusion in this
corruption case is intended to prevent him from being reelected
as the Jakarta governor for another term, especially with the
issuance of the summons only six days after he conveyed his 2001
budget accountability report to the Regional Legislative Council
(DPRD).

That assumption has also aroused speculation about who will
win the gubernatorial election in September 2002.

His name has also been linked with an assault by members of
the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) on members of the Urban Poor
Consortium (UPC). Some suspect that the incident was engineered
to corner Sutiyoso, but others believe that it was due to a lack
of control by FBR's field leaders.

Now the public is waiting for the final result of
investigation into the Ancolgate case, which involves members of
commission D of the Jakarta Council, high-ranking officials of
the Jakarta Administration, directors of Taman Impian Jaya Ancol
(Jaya Ancol Dream Land) and senior officials of Pelindo (state-
owned port management institution) who made a dubious trip to
Japan, Hong Kong, South Africa and Australia at the end of 2000.

-- Neraca, Jakarta