INDONESIA: Tommy Soeharto funds frozen in British Isles

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Updated May 24, 2007 20:21:06

Indonesia's attorney-general is reviving corruption cases against the youngest son of former dictator Soeharto. The family stands accused of amassing a huge fortune through corrupt means, during the Soeharto regime. Tommy Soeharto was released last year after serving just four years of a 15 year jail sentence for murder. Now, the Royal Guernsey Court in Britain, has agreed to freeze, for six months, around 50 million US dollars deposited by Tommy Soeharto into a bank account in the Guernsey Islands on the condition that Indonesia demonstrates a greater willingness to prosecute the Soeharto family.

Presenter: Katie Hamann
Speakers: Marty Natalegawa, Indonesia's ambassador to the United Kingdom; Danang Widoyoko, deputy coordinator of Indonesia Corruption Watch

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