Samadikun expected to attend court hearing

Samadikun expected to attend court hearing

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Former owner of the now-defunct Bank Modern, Samadikun Hartono,
who was earlier sentenced by the Supreme Court to four years in
jails for corruption of Rp 1.7 trillion (US$200 million), is
expected to attend a hearing at the Central Jakarta District
Court on Monday.

The hearing will be held due to a judicial review filed by
Samadikun, who had earlier escaped when prosecutors tried to
prosecute the verdict, from a certain unknown place, Antara state
news agency reported on Friday.

"I don't know whether he will show up or not, but we will wait
for until Monday," Central Jakarta Prosecutors Office head Salman
Mariyadi said.

Salman said if Samadikun failed to show up, the prosecutors
would ask the court that Samadikun should be attended in the
hearing of his judicial review.

However, according to the Supreme Court decree No. 1/1980, a
defendant may attend or skip the hearing of a judicial review.

It is unclear how and when Samadikun submitted his judicial
review.

He reportedly attached a new evidence (novum) of the Master of
Refinancing and Note Issuance (MRNIA) between him and the
Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) in his judicial
review. The agreement was signed in December last year.

Samadikun was convicted for four years in jail for guilty
corrupting Rp 1.7 trillion of the Central Bank Liquidation Loan
to his bank.

Using a permit from the Attorney General Office, he reportedly
fled to Japan for medical service at Kokuro Memorial Hospital
before the Supreme Court sentenced him.

Prosecutors and Immigration Directorate of the Ministry of
Justice and Human Rights earlier blamed each other for the escape
of Samadikun.

Separately, Central Jakarta District Court, which had
established a panel of judges for the judicial review, reportedly
adjourned the hearing from July 28 to Aug. 8.