Police question Phoenix employees

Police question Phoenix employees

JAKARTA: The National Police questioned on Thursday three
employees of Bangkok-based PT Phoenix over 73,000 tons of sugar
illegally imported from Thailand.

Director of the police's fraud squad Brig. Gen. Samuel Ismoko
said that the interrogations were meant to determine whether or
not PT Phoenix president-director Raja Banarje could be declared
a suspect in the sugar scandal.

"Even though we can't interrogate Nurdin Halid, we continue to
probe the case. Today, we will question three employees of PT
Phoenix to determine the company's role in the sugar smuggling.
We will also be able to determine the status of Raja after the
interrogation," said Ismoko, who declined to mention the
employees' names. --JP