Verdict for Adrian due March 30

JAKARTA: The South Jakarta District Court is scheduled to hand down a verdict on March 30 for Adrian Herling Waworuntu, a key suspect in a high-profile bank scam involving Rp 1.7 trillion (US$184 billion).

"The verdict was originally planned to be announced on March 28, but because several hearings were delayed, we have decided to read it out on March 30," Judge Roki Pandjaitan, who presided over the trial, said on Thursday.

In Thursday's hearing, Adrian continued denying any wrongdoing in the disbursement of letters of credit worth Rp 1.7 trillion from BNI's Kebayoran Baru branch with fictitious export documents submitted by the Gramarindo Group.

However, the defendant failed to mention who he thought was responsible for the crime.

Prosecutors have demanded that Adrian be sentenced to life, fined Rp 1 billion and instructed to repay state losses of Rp 6 billion. --Antara