'€œInsya Allah (God willing),'€ Deputy Attorney General Andhi Nirwanto in Jakarta on Friday as quoted by Antara news agency.

Eddy was detected to have been in a location in China in 2011, which was later followed up through the government'€™s efforts, via the Law and Human Rights Ministry, to file a request for extradition to the local administration via the China Central Authority.

'€œWe will follow it up. It will be coordinated,'€ said Andhi, commenting on the fact that the extradition request had not yet been realized until now.

Eddy escaped from the Cipinang Penitentiary in East Jakarta, on May 4, 1996, when he was serving a 20-year prison sentence. He was proven guilty of having embezzled US$ 565 million in state funds in a credit scam channeled by Bapindo to his Golden Key Group.

In a verdict, the Central Jakarta District Court sentenced him to 20 years'€™ imprisonment and a Rp 30 million fine. Eddy was required to return Rp 500 billion and pay Rp 1.3 trillion compensation for financial losses to the state.

Separately, the AGO said on Friday that the handing over of Bank Indonesia liquidity support (BLBI) convict Andrian Kiki Ariawan from Australia would take place in February next year.

'€œThe Australian government has said that the handing over of Andrian Kiki Ariawan will be carried out at Perth International Airport, and it should take place on Feb.16, 2014, at the latest,'€ said Attorney General Basrief Arief, adding that the decision was taken based on the Indonesia-Australia extradition agreement.

He explained that the Australian High Court strengthened a decision made by the Australian justice minister, in December 2010, to return convict Andrian Kiki to Indonesia to serve a sentence taken in an in-absentia trial on a corruption crime. (ebf)

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