---------------------------------------------------------- The US government makes available 55.000 GREEN CARDS (permanent residence visa) in a random lottery. Visit http://www.us-immigration.org for details on how to play the GREEN CARD LOTTERY -0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Indonesia Daily News Online http://www.indo-news.com/ Free Email @KotakPos.com visit: http://my.kotakpos.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------- South China Morning Post, July 7 2000 Bombs won't scare me: legal chief VAUDINE ENGLAND in Jakarta The discovery yesterday of an unexploded bomb at the Attorney- General's office complex one day after a time bomb went off there has led officials to link the terror tactics to ongoing investigations into the disgraced Suharto family. But Attorney-General Marzuki Darusman said he would not be scared off investigating the former president. Asked if he blamed the bombs on the Suharto clique, he said: "We have to be very careful what we say. But we cannot be deterred in our investigation of Suharto. Any sign of a let-up would be critical and would affect our efforts at combatting crime and corruption in the country," he said as he raced to his office in central Jakarta to oversee the disposal of the bomb found yesterday. The device was planted on the third floor of the building used for interrogating suspects. It was defused and taken to the police forensics department for examination. Bomb squad inspector Setiawan said the explosives, which weighed 4kg, were "solid, in the form of two bricks", and were in a cardboard box. "They are bigger than yesterday's [bomb]. They could have destroyed a quarter of the building," he said. Bomb squad commander Lieutenant Muhajid said of the second package: "The bomb had a detonator in it but no timer." It was found between a wall and some water pipes. More than 100 state prosecutors and other legal staff evacuated their offices while bomb disposal men swept the compound. On Tuesday evening, a blast wrecked a lavatory on the ground floor of the five-storey building and blew out windows on the second and third floors. Measures are now being taken to increase security at the Attorney-General's compound. Mr Marzuki, who has received several death threats in recent months, also plans to re- evaluate his own security. Tuesday's explosion happened just an hour after Mr Suharto's youngest son, Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, had been questioned by prosecutors at the compound. In March, when he was interrogated by a parliamentary panel, a shot was fired through a window of the National Assembly building. It was unclear yesterday if the incidents were connected. National police chief General Rusdihardjo said three people had been questioned as witnesses to Tuesday's blast. He said it was unclear whether there was a connection between the explosion and the questioning of Mr Suharto's youngest son. The explosion, in which no-one was hurt, "was a kind of terror tactic to discourage us", Mr Marzuki said. "But it won't make us stop investigating such cases. It will even make us more determined to handle those cases." Mr Suharto's supporters have already been accused by senior government ministers of inflaming religious fighting in the Maluku Islands, where at least 4,000 people have been killed in the past 18 months. Claims by the Government to be a reformist administration ride, in the public's mind, on how it tackles the many perceived crimes of Mr Suharto and his cronies. But the legal system is perverted by a corrupt bureaucracy, weak courts and a culture of impunity. Political needs often also conflict with legal niceties. Nonetheless, and despite a claim by Mr Suharto's lawyers that the 79-year-old has suffered permanent brain damage, prosecutors say they plan to bring him to court by August 10. He is under house arrest in central Jakarta, while his closest business friend, Mohamad "Bob" Hasan, is detained in another building at the Attorney-General's compound. Mr Marzuki has told diplomats that important steps will be taken this month with regard to the Suharto corruption cases and two other legal quagmires through which he is trying to cut a path - the Bank Bali financial scandal and the prosecutions of a handful of senior generals for last year's vicious debacle in East Timor. The escalating tension, coming ahead of August's special parliamentary session where party leaders plan to grill President Abdurrahman Wahid on his failings, helped push the Indonesian currency, the rupiah, to a 16-month low this week. But analysts agree the apparent victimisation of legal reform work may give the beleaguered Government much-needed momentum. "This can only be doing them good," one political analyst said. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 7 Jul 2000 jam 10:57:25 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
