Sjamsul, Prajogo to return home

Sat, 18 Aug 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA (JP): Magnates Sjamsul Nursalim and Prajogo Pangestu
are expected to return to Jakarta next month to face graft
charges, an official said on Friday.

Director general for immigration at the Ministry of Justice
and Human Rights Iman Santoso, said his office was still in the
process of revoking the two suspects' passports and replacing
them with a single-entry permit to enter Indonesia.

"Both Sjamsul and Prajogo are currently in Singapore
recovering from surgeries they had undergone. They cannot enter
Indonesia without the permit, which can only be used once" he
said on Friday.

Sjamsul, who is the owner of Gajah Tunggal group, was named
suspect in a corruption case involving state funds totaling Rp 4
trillion (US$457 million) provided by Bank Indonesia as liquidity
support for his bank, Bank Dagang Negara Indonesia, between 1997
and 1999.

Timber tycoon Prajogo, who has also been implicated in a graft
case, avoided police summons by initially claiming business
commitments in Singapore and later told police that he had to
undergo gall bladder surgery in Singapore. (bby)

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