The Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) has claimed it is ready to use "strong evidence" to prove former president Soeharto illegally channeled funds from his Supersemar Foundation to his family and confidants, local press said Saturday.
The first court session for the civil case against former president Soeharto and the foundation has been scheduled for Sept. 24.
AGO prosecutors and the former president's lawyers failed to reach any agreements after several mediation meetings held over the last three weeks, reported English daily The Jakarta Post.
AGO's director for civil and state administrative crimes Yoseph Suardi Sabda said their evidence included documents signed by Soeharto for the disbursement of funds to a number of institutions, as well as other documents concerning the foundation's activities.
Soeharto established the foundation based on a government regulation in 1976 to provide scholarships to needy students using donations collected from businessmen.
In the last mediation meeting on Sept. 4, the former president's lawyers said they were optimistic about winning the case.
They said their client had not violated any regulations during his tenure as the foundation's chairman.
Earlier in July, the AGO filed a civil lawsuit against Soeharto and the Supersemar Foundation at the South Jakarta District Court and demanded the return of around 15 trillion upiah (over 1.5 billion U.S. dollars).
Source: Xinhua
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