Rizal Ramli reported to police

JAKARTA (JP): Former company president of state-owned general insurance firm PT Asuransi Jasa Indonesia (Jasindo) Amiruddin Riayat filed a defamation complaint on Saturday against Minister of Finance Rizal Ramli.

A police report faxed to The Jakarta Post on Sunday stated that Amiruddin had filed the complaint, based on what Rizal had said against the former management of PT Jasindo in a hearing with the House of Representatives' Commission IX for banking and finance on July 5.

Citing a report at Koran Tempo daily, Amiruddin said Rizal had made some baseless accusations against Jasindo's old management.

According to the daily's report dated on July 6, Rizal gave his reasons at the hearing into the replacement of Jasindo's management, one of which was "the misuse of authority".

Those who were replaced included Amiruddin.

Brig. K. Kurniawan, an officer at the City Police who took down Amiruddin's report, confirmed the case to The Jakarta Post and said that Amiruddin had filed the police report on Saturday. (ylt)