Money Launderer `Five-O'd'

Using the law on money laundering, a court in Hawaii has sentenced Indonesian businessman Sukamto Sia to three years in prison.

April 2, 2002

SUKAMTO Sia can still breathe the air of Hawaii but he can no longer savor its spectacular scenery. From March 21 for the next 40 months, he will have to stay in O'ahu Kalihi penitentiary after he was found guilty by Honolulu district judge, David Ezra, for tax fraud and manipulation. Sukamto Sia, a.k.a. Sukarman Sukamto, 41, the majority shareholder in Bank of Honolulu, is no longer a prominent figure in the city, where he works in his posh o

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