Asia Times: Lawmaker threatens to quit investigation



	September 24, 1999	atimes.com

Southeast Asia

Lawmaker threatens to quit investigation

JAKARTA - Outspoken Indonesian Member of Parliament Ichsanuddin Noorsy has threatened to withdraw from the special parliamentary team probing the Bank Bali scandal if the team's plenary meeting formulates ''something'' different from the facts which investigators have collected from a number of people allegedly involved.

Speaking to reporters before attending the team's second-day plenary meeting on Wednesday, he said he would step aside and would no longer have anything to do with the team's activities. Noorsy had previously said he was disappointed with the team's performance because it appeared to be covering up the alleged involvement of certain top government officials in the Bank Bali scandal.

The team members are reported to have agreed that the names of those allegedly involved in the scandal be made public on Friday.

Noorsy said the team's report must at least include the outcome of a hearing with Finance Minister Bambang Subianto and top executives of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (Ibra). In addition, the report must contain the names of officials involved in the bank scam. At the hearing with Subianto and Ibra chairman Glenn Yusuf, Supreme Advisory Council chairman A A Baramuli was mentioned as being deeply involved in the scandal.

Noorsy said he was not the only team member who intended to quit. Others would follow suit if the result of the plenary meeting did not satisfy them.

Asked about a news story which said that the special team's chairman, Lili Asdjudiarja, was summoned by President Habibie, Noorsy said he did not know whether or not the story was true. ''Please ask Lili,'' he added.

(Asia Pulse/Antara)

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