Fugitive Joko Tjandra in Singapore: AGO

The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 06/24/2009 1:03 PM | National

Joko Soegiarto Tjandra, a fugitive in the Bank Bali corruption case, is suspected to have flown to Singapore from Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, an official at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) said Wednesday.

"According to our information, Joko Tjandra is already in Singapore. However, the AGO is coordinating with the Foreign Ministry to trace Djoko's whereabouts," deputy attorney general for special crimes Marwan Effendy told Antara state news agency.

The AGO has sent a third and final warrant for Joko to surrender himself by Friday afternoon at the very latest. However, Djoko’s lawyer O.C. Kaligis told Antara that he could not guarantee his client would show up at the AGO on Friday.

Joko Tjandra left the country using a chartered flight from Halim Perdanakusumah Airport in Jakarta to Port Moresby on June 10, just one day before the Supreme Court issued a verdict, upon the AGO's request of review, sentencing Joko and former Bank Indonesia governor Syahril Sabirin to two years' imprisonment and ordering Joko to pay Rp 546 billion (about US$54 million) as restitution to the state.

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singapore keep indonesian criminal , ...again?

didn't that jemaah guy escape from singapore?

he was arrested in JB

He left Jakarta using a chartered plane one day before hte verdict was made by the Supreme Court to imprison him... how can Singapore stop him from entering the country? And now, since there is still no extradition treaty, what can we do to him legally?

Please use your pea-brain a little before u accuse another country of harbouring indonesian criminals...

Indonesia has its fair share of indonesian criminals too, hasn't it?

^ yes indonesia has a lot of economic criminal.
in fact some of the account are abroad and untouchable.

Hidup Joko Tjandra !!!!!!

Majulah Singapore !!!!!!

^ go back to ur land of twin tower

hahahaa.... i wonder why he didn't choose to flee to malaysia or park his money there?

don't worry, jrockerz, with the changing laws on private banking, the days of secret accounts will be over soon, in Singapore all the way to Geneva...