A top suspect in a multi-million-dollar state bank fraud case was arrested Friday after he returned to Indonesia from Singapore, police said.
Senior officers said Adrian Waworuntu, a leading suspect in the fraud case involving Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI), was escorted by Indonesian detectives on a flight from Singapore to the Indonesian city of Medan in North Sumatra.
A police spokesman in Medan told Elshinta radio that Waworuntu surrendered upon arrival in Medan and was immediately flown to police headquarters in Jakarta.
In September a court sentenced five directors of Indonesian business group Gramarindo, of which Waworunto was an executive, to between eight and 15 years in prison for defrauding BNI of 728 billion rupiah (79.5 million dollars).
BNI executive Edi Santoso was sentenced to life in prison for his role. He was found guilty of defrauding the state of 135.91 billion rupiah by issuing funds for fictitious export credits, the state Antara news agency reported.
Waworuntu was arrested in connection with the case, but disappeared last March after he was released from custody, supposedly for lack of evidence.
Another suspect in the case has alleged that the head of the police economic crimes squad, Brigadier General Samuel Ismoko, received 20,000 dollars from Waworuntu shortly before the suspect disappeared.
Indonesian newspapers on Friday quoted national police spokesman Paiman as saying Ismoko has been moved to a new post because he was "not capable," but he denied the move was related to the bribery allegation.