Tommy's poster at Soeharto's house

Tommy's poster at Soeharto's house

JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police have been making diligent efforts
to convince the public that they are really serious in hunting
former president Soeharto's fugitive son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala
Putra, including pasting up posters bearing Tommy's photograph in
the Cendana area of Menteng, Central Jakarta, where the Soeharto
family live.

One of the posters, which were pasted up between Friday night
and Saturday morning, was also seen at the Soeharto's residence.
It was put on the gate after the police had searched the house
and came up, once again, empty handed.

The poster advertises a police reward of Rp 500 million for
anyone who can help the police find Tommy, alias Ibrahim, who,
according to his most recent photograph, now sports a beard and
moustache.

Asked why the police put a poster up at Soeharto's house,
Jakarta Police spokesman Anton Bachrul Alam said they could be
put anywhere.

Tommy, who was convicted on corruption charges, has been on
the run since November last year after then president Abdurrahman
Wahid refused to grant him clemency.

He is now a suspect in the murder M. Syafiuddin Kartasasmita,
one of the Supreme Court justices who sentenced him to 18-months
imprisonment on appeal against his corruption conviction.(emf)