Report filed on aircraft company

Report filed on aircraft company

BANDUNG: The Communications Forum of aircraft manufacturer PT
Dirgantara Indonesia submitted five reports on alleged corruption
in the company to the Bandung prosecutor's office on Monday.

"We suspect that the graft took place before 1999 and cost
hundreds of billions of rupiah in state losses," communications
forum chairman Arif Minardi said.

Among the reported cases was the unaccounted-for down payment
of Rp 16 billion plus US$254,000 which was disbursed by PT DI's
subsidiary in the United States, PT Indonesia North America.

"We will study the reports first. We will set up a team this
week to investigate these allegations," Chief Prosecutor Marwan
Effendy said.

Meanwhile, spokesman for PT DI Rakhendi Triyatna argued that
the alleged graft was "not proven."

"All of this time our company has been thoroughly audited by
the Internal Supervision Unit (SPI), the Supreme Audit Agency
(BPK), the Development Finance Controller (BPKP) and private
auditor Ernest & Young and so far there has been no problem,"
Rakhendi said, adding that the company was striving to create
conducive conditions for attracting investors. (25/edt)