Injudicious

Samadikun Hartono, who stole BLBI funds, is proving difficult to apprehend. Is the prosecution serious about putting him in jail?

July 22, 2003

EFFORTS to arrest Samadikun Hartono, the president commissioner of Bank Modern who was sentenced to four years in jail by the Supreme Court, is getting to look like a comedy of errors.

Let's review the case. Samadikun was questioned by the prosecution in December 2000 on suspicion of stealing billions in Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) funds. His trial at the West Jakarta District Court started in August 2001, but it wasn't until June 2

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