Prosecutors in the Jungle
THEY are called the team of prosecuting attorneys in charge of the Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) case. From here, it is clear what the special target of the team formed by the Attorney Generalās Office are. They are the countryās top problem debtors, black tycoons who were able to settle their debts with help from the central bank, or in other words state moneyāvalued at hundreds of billions or even trillions of rupiah. Today, the team comprising 35 prosecuting attorneys is being readied. āThe target is to ensure that by July 22 they will have been formed,ā said Secretary to the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes, Kemas Yahya Rahman, last Thursday. On that day, which coincided with the Attorney Generalās birthday, Kemas Rahman had pocketed 75 names of prospective members before the final selection. They come from various areas, with some from the AGO. āRight now, we are selecting from among the deputy attorneys general,ā said Kemas Rahman. Place of work is not an i...