Red notice for Djoko Tjandra

Attorney General's Office (AGO) gas finally named convicted businessman Djoko Tjandra as a fugitive after he failed to show up today for the scheduled execution of Supreme Court ruling which sentenced him two years behind the bars. 

Jasman Panjaitan, AGO's spokesperson, said the institution has asked National Police Headquarter to issue a red notice for help from Interpol network to bring him back to the country. Tjandra left the country on a chartered flight to Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, only hours before Supreme Court announced the verdict.

Tjandra is sentenced two years behind the bars along with former central bank governor Sjahrir Sabirin for their role in the Bank Bali scandal. Sabirin has been jailed last week. Tjandra is also ordered to return the Rp546 billion funds deposited at Bank Permata to the State.

Tjandra's lawyer said the businessman stayed for three days in Moresby before flying out to Singapore. Tjandra, through his lawyer OC Kaligis, has asked one month delay for the execution saying "our client was shock with the verdict." Well, same old song!

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