Soedradjat yet to get AGO summons

JAKARTA: Former Bank Indonesia governor Soedradjat Djiwandono insisted on Tuesday that he had not received a summons from the Attorney General's Office for questioning as a suspect in a Rp 19 trillion (US$2.1 billion) financial scandal involving Bank Indonesia's liquidity support (BLBI) scheme.

Soedradjat, also a witness in the trial of his former subordinate Hendrobudiyanto, told reporters after the hearing that he would be in Jakarta for a while, but refused to elaborate.

"I still have to appear in court tomorrow ... No, no summons yet," he said.

Soedradjat, along with his three subordinates who are currently being tried in separate trials, is suspected of abusing his power by extending credit facilities to now-defunct commercial banks during his tenure between 1996 and February 1998.

The son-in-law of the late economics guru Soemitro Djojohadikusumo, Soedradjat is currently a researcher at the Singapore-based Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS).

The Attorney General's Office said that the investigators are still scheduling Soedradjat's questioning. --JP