Wife joins detained illegal banker

Wife joins detained illegal banker

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: Police in South Sulawesi have
detained the wife of a cooperatives head who had earlier been
arrested for jointly operating an "illegal bank" in the
province's capital of Makassar.

Nurjannah, a treasurer of the now-closed Serba Usaha Milik
Bersama Cooperatives, had been declared a suspect along with her
husband, H. Bustam, police said.

She was arrested on Tuesday night on charges of fraud and
embezzlement relating to around Rp 3 billion collected from the
cooperative's 2,000 customers.

South Sulawesi Chief Insp. Gen. Firman Gani assured customers
that they would get their deposits back despite the arrest of the
two suspects.

"We detained the suspects for investigation and to avoid
anarchy... If they can fulfill their promise to repay the
customers' money, we will release them," he said. --Antara