Sultan to be questioned in graft case

Sultan to be questioned in graft case

YOGYAKARTA: Yogyakarta Governor Sultan Hamengkubuwono X said here on Tuesday that he was ready to be questioned by the Attorney's General Office over the alleged misused of some Rp 54 billion funds of Bank Indonesian liquidation support (BLBI), for his now defunct Bank Mataram Dhanarta.

"Yes, of course, I am ready for that. As you see, I came to the Attorney General's Office a few months ago for questioning in the same case," he told reporters at his office.

Hamengkubuwono's Bank Mataram Dhanarta borrowed Rp 54 billion of BLBI funds to develop its subsidiary PT Sadian Mitra Corporation (SMC). It has failed to pay back the loan.

Earlier, the Attorney General's Office has named the Bank's President Gerard Yacobus, along with Director Abdul Basjik Sadin and PT SMC's President Daryono Setiyono as suspects.

Attorney General's Office spokesman Barman Zahir said that Hamengkubowono might become a suspect too, depending on the investigation results.

"But I tell you this, that I had received nothing from that fund. I never try to enrich myself," the Sultan said. --JP