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PROSECUTION DEMANDS SIX YEARS EACH FOR TWO FORMER BI OFFICIALS
Jakarta, Oct. 27 (ANTARA) - The prosecution in the court trials of two former Bank Indonesia (BI or central bank) officials, Oey Hoy Tiong and Rusli Simandjuntak, in the illegal Rp100 billion BI funds transfer case, has demanded a jail sentence of six years for each of them.
Presenting its demand at a Corruption Case Court session here Monday, the prosecution also demanded that they be ordered to pay a fine of Rp250 million respectively or remain in prison for eight more months.
According to the prosecution, Oey and Simandjuntak had disbursed the funds from the Indonesian Banking Development Foundation (YPPI) and distributed it in accordance with their respective tasks.
The prosecution consisting of Nur Chusniah, Agus Salim, and Hendarbeni Sayekti, said what the two defendants had done it with the permission of the BI Board of Governors.
The scandal had started in a meeting of the BI Board of Governors held on June 3, 2003, discussing a need for funds to help former BI officials facing legal prosecution, as well as to help deliberations on BLBI (Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support) case and revision of the BI Law in the House of Representatives (DPR).
The BI Board of Governors meeting was chaired by then BI governor Burhanuddin Abdullah, and attended among others by Aulia Tantowi Pohan, Bunbunan Hutapea, and Aslim Tadjuddin - the board's members at that time.
In the meeting, the board agreed ro the use of YPPI's funds amounting to 100 billion for those purposes.
Rusli Simandjuntak later reported to Aulia Tantowi Pohan on the need to disburse funds amounting to Rp40 billion for the BLBI case deliberationa in the Parliament (RP15 billion) and for the revision of the BI Law also in the Parliament (Rp25 billion).
After being approved by Aulia and Maman H. Soemantri, Rp15 billion of the YPPI funds were disbursed. Simandjuntak and Asnar Asnari later handed over the funds to two legislators, namely Hamka Yandhu and Antony Zeidra Abidin.
Simandjuntak and the two lawmakers met again in September 2003 at Hotel Hilton and discussed the need for additional funds amounting to RP25 billion for DPR.
However, of the YPPI funds only Rp16.5 billion was left. Pohan and Soemantri again had given an agreement for the funds disbursement, which was later handed over to Hamka Yandhu and Anto Zeidra Abidin.
"There were no receipts on the fund handingovers," Prosecutor Nur Chusniah said.
Simanjuntak and Asnari, both BI officials, had received a total of Rp3 billion from Abidin and Yandhu for their services in delivering the funds to the two lawmakers.
Meanwhile, Oey Hoy Tion had been tasked to distribute funds to former BI officials, including Iwan R Prawiranata (former BI deputy governor, Rp13.5 billion), Soedradjad Djiwandono (former BI governor, Rp25 billion), Heru Supraptomo (former director, Rp10 billion), Hendro Budianto (former director, Rp10 billion), and Paul Sutopo (former director, Rp10 billion).
"The spending of Rp100 billion is against the objectives of the YPPI's establishment," Prosecutor Agus Salim said.
Meanwhile, early this month, the prosecution in the court trials of former BI governor Burhanuddin Abdullah in the illegal BI funds transfer case demanded a jail sentence of eight years for him.
Presenting its demand at a Corruption Case Court session here Monday, the prosecution also demanded that they be ordered to pay a fine of Rp250 million respectively or remain in prison for eight more months.
According to the prosecution, Oey and Simandjuntak had disbursed the funds from the Indonesian Banking Development Foundation (YPPI) and distributed it in accordance with their respective tasks.
The prosecution consisting of Nur Chusniah, Agus Salim, and Hendarbeni Sayekti, said what the two defendants had done it with the permission of the BI Board of Governors.
The scandal had started in a meeting of the BI Board of Governors held on June 3, 2003, discussing a need for funds to help former BI officials facing legal prosecution, as well as to help deliberations on BLBI (Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support) case and revision of the BI Law in the House of Representatives (DPR).
The BI Board of Governors meeting was chaired by then BI governor Burhanuddin Abdullah, and attended among others by Aulia Tantowi Pohan, Bunbunan Hutapea, and Aslim Tadjuddin - the board's members at that time.
In the meeting, the board agreed ro the use of YPPI's funds amounting to 100 billion for those purposes.
Rusli Simandjuntak later reported to Aulia Tantowi Pohan on the need to disburse funds amounting to Rp40 billion for the BLBI case deliberationa in the Parliament (RP15 billion) and for the revision of the BI Law also in the Parliament (Rp25 billion).
After being approved by Aulia and Maman H. Soemantri, Rp15 billion of the YPPI funds were disbursed. Simandjuntak and Asnar Asnari later handed over the funds to two legislators, namely Hamka Yandhu and Antony Zeidra Abidin.
Simandjuntak and the two lawmakers met again in September 2003 at Hotel Hilton and discussed the need for additional funds amounting to RP25 billion for DPR.
However, of the YPPI funds only Rp16.5 billion was left. Pohan and Soemantri again had given an agreement for the funds disbursement, which was later handed over to Hamka Yandhu and Anto Zeidra Abidin.
"There were no receipts on the fund handingovers," Prosecutor Nur Chusniah said.
Simanjuntak and Asnari, both BI officials, had received a total of Rp3 billion from Abidin and Yandhu for their services in delivering the funds to the two lawmakers.
Meanwhile, Oey Hoy Tion had been tasked to distribute funds to former BI officials, including Iwan R Prawiranata (former BI deputy governor, Rp13.5 billion), Soedradjad Djiwandono (former BI governor, Rp25 billion), Heru Supraptomo (former director, Rp10 billion), Hendro Budianto (former director, Rp10 billion), and Paul Sutopo (former director, Rp10 billion).
"The spending of Rp100 billion is against the objectives of the YPPI's establishment," Prosecutor Agus Salim said.
Meanwhile, early this month, the prosecution in the court trials of former BI governor Burhanuddin Abdullah in the illegal BI funds transfer case demanded a jail sentence of eight years for him.
