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"Suharto accused of stealing $ 440 M through charity" Financial Times 25 Sep 07

Dimulai oleh krigjsman, September 26, 2007, 10:31:47 AM

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Diketik ulang dari artikel tulisan JOHN AGLIONBY yang dimuat di Financial Times. London (UK): Sep 25, 2007.  pg. 8

KutipIndonesian prosecutors yesterday accused the country's former dictator, Suharto, of using a charity to steal Dollars 440m during his 32 years in office, as a court began hearing what amounts to the first trial of the strongman for corruption.

The civil case is one of several initiatives Sus-ilo Bambang Yudhoyono,president, has launchedto counter criticism that he was failing to combat the country's endemic corruption.

As part of that push, Mr Yudhoyono is expected to discuss a new World Bank-United Nations scheme to help developing countries recover stolen state assets during a meeting on Wed-nesday with Robert Zoellick, World Bank president.

Hendarman Supandji, Indonesia's attorney-general, told local media the government would seek World Bank help "as soon as possible . . . so that state assets that are suspected to have been transferred abroad by former president Suharto can be traced immediately".

The corruption watchdog Transparency International in 2004 dubbed Mr Suharto the world's greatest ever kleptocrat, alleging that he and his family stole up to Dollars 35bn during his rule.

Prosecutors allege in their suit against the retired general and the Supersemar foundation, one ofmany social organisations he created, that the money was siphoned to companies controlled by his family and cronies, rather than used for scholarships for underprivileged children. The practice "resulted in many students who were competent but unable to continue their education for financial reasons", the suit alleges.

Because of the difficulty of calculating the funds siphoned out of the foundation, the suit seeks Rp10,000bn (Dollars 1.1bn) in damages, said Dachamer Munthe, lead prosecutor.

Indonesia tried to prosecute Mr Suharto, 86, for corruption in 2000 but charges were dropped after doctors ruled he was too ill to stand trial. He is not required to attend the civil proceedings.

The companies prosecutors allege benefited from the Supersemar embezzlement include ones owned by Mr Suharto's eldest son, Tommy Suharto, his brother Sigit Harjojudanto and Muhammad "Bob" Hasan, the former president's golfing buddy.

Juan Felix Tampubolon, one of Mr Suharto's lawyers, claimed that the government had no new evidence and that everything Supersemar did was in accordance with its constitution. The case is expected to take years and eventually to be decided by Indonesia's supreme court.

The government's other anti-corruption initiatives include a civil suit and a criminal investigation into alleged corruption by Tommy Suharto.

Jakarta also confirmed on Monday it expects to sign a mutual legal agreement with Hong Kong in November to enable the government to pursue billions of dollars of allegedly stolen money stashed in Hong Kong.

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