Police name graft suspects

Police name graft suspects

JAKARTA: Former head of Pertamina's geothermal division
Sriyanto and a member of his staff Syafei Sulaiman have been
named suspects for their alleged role in fake transactions and
mark-up deal in the Kahara Bodas scandal, police said.

National Police Chief of Detectives Comr. Gen. Suyitno Landung
Soedjono said the two names came out after questioning 24 people.
He said there would be more people named suspects soon in the
scam that caused US$19 million in state losses.

"During their term as Pertamina supervisors in the project,
the two made fake transactions and marked up project costs to
enrich themselves," said Suyitno.

Asked about the possible involvement of Minister of Energy and
Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro, Suyitno said the team
formed to investigate the case was open to all possibilities. --
JP