Police to Question Brunei Citizen as Witness in Scam
By Farouk Arnaz
May 27, 2009
The National Police announced on Wednesday that a Brunei citizen would be questioned as a witness in connection with a scam investigation.
The police are seeking to determine the identity of a senior Brunei government official who reportedly transferred Rp 20 billion ($1.9 million) to a bank account set up by a group of Indonesian con artists.
"We will question [the Brunei citizen] as a witness," said Insp. Gen. Hadiatmoko, deputy chief of the National Police's criminal investigation unit.
However, he did not give the name of the witness or say if a summons had already been sent.
Last week, the police arrested a group of people who reportedly posed as representatives of a prominent local political party to solicit money from foreign and Indonesian officials.
The suspects allegedly compiled information about high-profile figures from Indonesia and elsewhere via the Internet, newspapers and the White and Yellow Pages. A member of the group reportedly posed as Andi Malarangeng, a presidential spokesman, to swindle the Brunei official and other victims. Read more here
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