The unstable health condition of Indonesian former president Soeharto will not affect the court's plan to hear a session on a civil lawsuit against him on Tuesday, his lawyer M Assegaf said.
"His health condition will not hamper the court to hold a hearing," Antara news agency on Tuesday quoted Assegaf as saying here.
On Aug. 3, 2000, the government formally charged Soeharto with graft. He was tried for the first time by the South Jakarta district Court on Aug. 31.
Soeharto was accused of having unlawfully collected 1.3 trillion rupiah (145 million U.S. dollars) and 419 million U.S. dollars through seven foundations he had led while he was president.
Due to his illness and old age, the Attorney General's Office dropped all corruption charges against him in May 2006.
Prosecutors are now trying to retrieve a total of 440 million U.S. dollars in state funds through a civil lawsuit, and another 10 trillion rupiah (1.07 billion U.S. dollars) in damages for alleged misuse of funds in one of Soeharto's foundations.
Soeharto was rushed to a hospital in South Jakarta on Jan. 4, 2008 for severe anemia and edema. During his 11-day treatment at the hospital, he has gone through several critical stages.
The 86-year-old's red blood cell level had also dropped and doctors had to clear his breathing pipe following signs it was clogged. Doctors said his chance to stay alive was only 50 percent.
Source:Xinhua
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