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JAKARTA: Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) legislator Muhammad Misbakhun was charged with forgery by the Central Jakarta District Court on Wednesday
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AKARTA: Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) legislator Muhammad Misbakhun was charged with forgery by the Central Jakarta District Court on Wednesday.
Misbakhun has been in police custody since April 26 for allegedly submitting a false application three years ago for a Letter of Credit from Bank Century, which has since been renamed Bank Mutiara.
His trading company, PT Selalang Prima International, received US$22.5 million in credit from the bank in 2007.
Prosecutor Suroyo charged Misbakhun with the 1998 Banking Law and the Criminal Code on document falsification.
In the indictment, prosecutors said Misbakhun had committed banking crimes in collusion with the company’s director Franky Ongkowardojo, one of the owners of Bank Century at the time — Robert Tantular — and then senior employees at the bank Hermanus Hasan Muslim and Linda Wangsadinata. — JP
