Police in dark about Bambang Rachmadi

Police in dark about Bambang Rachmadi

JAKARTA: The police said on Thursday they would begin a search
for Bambang Rachmadi, a key suspect in the Rp 40 billion
corruption case at the state-owned Jamsostek, if he did not
respond to a second summons to appear for questioning.

City police chief Insp. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara said the
police currently had no idea as to Bambang's location.

"But if he fails to come (for questioning) we will begin
hunting for him," he said.

He did say, however, that he believed Bambang, the son-in-law
of Sudharmono, who served as vice president during the Soeharto
administration, was currently abroad. Bambang was first summoned
by the police on April 4.

"If he is here (in Indonesia) he will appear for questioning,"
Makbul added.

Bambang, the president director of PT Ramako Gerbang Mas,
which runs McDonald's Indonesia; Akmal Husein, the former
president of Jamsostek, which oversees the social security
insurance scheme for workers; and Horas Simatupang, the finance
director of Jamsostek, have been accused of misusing funds from
the state-owned firm in 2000.

The police also said on Thursday that Akmal and Horas had been
released as they had finished questioning them.--JP