Aulia Pohan to stand trial next Friday

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Sun, 01/25/2009 3:14 PM  |  National

Former Bank Indonesia (BI) deputy governor Aulia Pohan is scheduled to stand trial next Friday for his alleged involvement in embezzling Rp 100 billion (US$8.3 million) from central bank funds.

"Aulia is accused of having violated Article 2 of the Corruption Law," the Anti-Corruption Commission’s (KPK) director for prosecutions Ferry Wibisono told tempointeraktif.com on Sunday.

Violation of the said article carries a maximum penalty of 20 years and a fine of up to Rp 1 billion.

The KPK has accused Aulia and former BI deputy governors Maman H. Soemantri, Aslim Tadjuddin and Bun Bunan Hutapea, of taking part in the BI board of governors' decision to disburse Rp 100 billion in 2003.

Rp 68.5 billion of the amount was given to five former top BI officials who were involved in the Indonesian Banking liquidity assistance (BLBI) corruption case.

The remaining Rp 31.5 billion was allegedly used to bribe House of Representatives members sitting on Commission IX for financial affairs to cover up the BLBI corruption and pass an amendment to the banking law. (amr)

 

 

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