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Japanese man sues RI government

SURABAYA: A Japanese national filed a suit Thursday with the Surabaya District Court against the President for the latter's failure to protect his legal rights under the Indonesia-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce

(The Jakarta Post)
Wed, September 10, 2008

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Japanese man sues RI government

SURABAYA: A Japanese national filed a suit Thursday with the Surabaya District Court against the President for the latter's failure to protect his legal rights under the Indonesia-Japan Treaty of Amity and Commerce.

Subagyo, the lawyer representing Matsumoto Kenichi -- a resident of Sakai City in Osaka Prefecture -- said his client was suing Yudhoyono and the National Police chief for failing to respond to his complaint about a fraud committed by a Surabaya resident.

"The case is as simple as it is, but we want to offer a lesson to the Indonesian government on legal certainty," he said Thursday.

He explained his client had written to law enforcement officials several times, mainly the President, to handle his case under the bilateral amity and commerce agreement, but so far he has received no response.

He said the case began in 2004 when Riana Tyas Lestari, a resident of the Karangrejo Sawah area in the city, came to his client's house pretending to offer an English course for businesses.

"After managing to get an advance of Rp 6 million (US$628), Riana went missing and the debt was never paid back," he said.

Before submitting a letter to the President, he said, Matsumoto had first filed a complaint with the city police. -- JP

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