'No Soeharto land in SE Sulawesi'

'No Soeharto land in SE Sulawesi'

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: The provincial office of the
National Land Agency has come up empty-handed in its search for
land belonging to former president Soeharto, Antara reported on
Friday.

"We have (searched) for two weeks but found no plots of land
registered under Soeharto's name," said Soekartono, chief of the
office. "We will now stop the searching but we remain open to new
information on the matter."

He said Jakarta headquarters and Governor La Ode Kaimuddin
both ordered his office to find out whether Soeharto had any land
in the province.

The National Land Agency has discovered nine million square
meters of land belonging to Soeharto's children Siti "Tutut"
Hardijanti Rukmana and Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra in West Nusa
Tenggara.

Agency chief Hasan Basri Durin acknowledged a vast amount of
property belonging to Soeharto's family although registered under
company names. He said all the plots were obtained lawfully.
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