Officials summoned on land issue

Officials summoned on land issue

JAKARTA: A number of state officials ranging from ministers to
military officers will appear before the House of Representatives
(DPR) to clarify their involvement in a land dispute.

The officials are to appear at the request of the House
Special Committee of inquiry on agrarian matters.

Committee chairman I Nyoman Gunawan said on Thursday that his
team would first hear State Minister of State Enterprises
Laksamana Sukardi, Minister of Finance Boediono and chairman of
the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) Syafruddin
Temenggung.

Gunawan of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
Perjuangan) said the IBRA chairman was being questioned because
the agency manages state assets, including property.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu, Navy Chief of
Staff Adm. Bernard Kent Sondakh and Air Force Chief of Staff
Marshal Chappy Hakim are included on the list of military
officers summoned, but Gunawan provided no details on the grounds
for their summons. -- JP