KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The Democratic Party will sue Hong Kong-based news website Asia Sentinel over its report accusing the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono administration of engaging in a “vast criminal conspiracy” to swindle US$12 billion from Indonesian taxpayers. The party’s secretary-general, Hinca Panjaitan, said in a statement on Friday that the party would also sue the website’s editor and author of the disputed piece, John Berthelsen. In his article, “Indonesia’s SBY Government: ‘Vast Criminal Conspiracy’”, Berthelsen quotes a 488-page investigation report filed with the Mauritian Supreme Court accusing the Yudhoyono administration and the Dems of being involved in the high-profile Bank Century case that allegedly resulted in millions of dollars in state losses.
Yudhoyono’s party to sue Asia Sentinel over ‘false’ report
KONTAN.CO.ID - JAKARTA. The Democratic Party will sue Hong Kong-based news website Asia Sentinel over its report accusing the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono administration of engaging in a “vast criminal conspiracy” to swindle US$12 billion from Indonesian taxpayers. The party’s secretary-general, Hinca Panjaitan, said in a statement on Friday that the party would also sue the website’s editor and author of the disputed piece, John Berthelsen. In his article, “Indonesia’s SBY Government: ‘Vast Criminal Conspiracy’”, Berthelsen quotes a 488-page investigation report filed with the Mauritian Supreme Court accusing the Yudhoyono administration and the Dems of being involved in the high-profile Bank Century case that allegedly resulted in millions of dollars in state losses.