The Corruption Court is scheduled to hear testimonies
from the Indonesian Banking Development Foundation's (YPPI) former chief, Baridjusalam
Hadi, and former treasurer, Ratnawati Priyono, in a graft trial involving the alleged
misappropriation of Rp 100 billion (US$8.4 million) of Bank Indonesia (BI)
funds.
Amir Karytatin, a lawyer of defendants Aulia Pohan and three other former Bank
Indonesia (BI) deputy governors, told kompas.com
on Tuesday that his camp would question the witnesses who were involved in the
case.
The scandal revolves around the allegedly illegal disbursement of Rp 100
billion by the BI board of governors in 2003 through the bank's proxy, YPPI.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) alleges that this decision was made
by the board and several BI officials then.
Of the misappropriated funds, Rp 68.5 billion was allegedly used for personal
and family expenses including buying houses and opening savings accounts. Part
of this money was also used as a bribe to halt investigations by the Attorney
General's Office into BI Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) cases involving the five
former senior BI officials: Paul Sutopo, Hendro Budiyanto, Heru Soepraptomo,
Iwan R. Prawiranata and Soedradjad Djiwandono.
The remaining Rp 31.5 billion of YPPI funds was allegedly distributed among members
of the House of Representatives' then Commission IX (which oversaw financial
affairs), to expedite the settlement of BLBI cases and amendment of the 1999 BI
law. (dre)
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