Tutut, Titiek questioned over alleged graft case

Tutut, Titiek questioned over alleged graft case

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Two daughters of former president Soeharto, Siti Hardijanti
"Tutut" Rukmana and Siti Hediati Harijadi or Titiek Prabowo, as
well as Tutut's husband, Indra Rukmana, appeared at the Attorney
General's Office on Monday for questioning in an investigation of
possible corruption involving the construction of the Jakarta
outer ring road.

The three of them were questioned as witnesses as they were
commissaries of PT Cipta Marga Nusapala Persada, while the
suspect is Djoko Ramiadji, director of PT Marga Nurindo Bakti.

The office had halted the investigation citing a lack of
evidence to prove criminal wrongdoing, but in May, the case was
reopened following the discovery of new evidence: a commercial
paper issued by PT Hutama Jala, a joint venture between PT Cipta
Marga Nusapala Persada and PT Marga Nurindo Bakti.

The commercial paper was issued to finance the Cawang-Tanjung
Priok harbor toll road construction, reportedly cost roughly Rp
501 billion, in addition to the Rp 301 billion Pondok Pinang-
Jagorawi toll road.

The commercial paper, however, failed to hit the market.

Tutut, accompanied by lawyer Amir Sjamsudin, arrived at the
office at 10:15 a.m., while Indra at about an hour later and
Titiek appeared at 2 p.m.

Tutut told reporters after her questioning lasted at about
6:45 p.m. that she was not involved in the alleged crime.

But she was reluctant to talk about the questioning.

"I don't know," she said.

In March, Tutut was questioned as a suspect in a corruption
case over a US$306 million pipeline project involving state oil
and gas company Pertamina. The Attorney General's Office,
however, has not revealed the development of their investigation
over the case.