High roller: A man inspects a Ferrari belonging to Citibank employee Malinda Dee at National Police headquarters in Jakarta recently. Malinda allegedly stole Rp 17 billion from Citibank clients. Apart from the Ferrari, police also confiscated a Hummer and Mercedes-Benz. JP/Wendra Ajistyatama.
Police say they have named another Citibank employee a suspect in the murder of National Unity Party (PPB) politician Irzen Octa and expected to round up more suspects in the case. South Jakarta Police chief detective Adj. Sr. Comr. Budi Irawan said Sunday that the suspect, who was not identified, was a human resources clerk at the Citibank branch at the Jamsostek Tower, where the murder took place.Budi said the new suspect headed the collection officers at the Citibank branch and was the supervisor of Aries Lukman, another suspect in the case.He claimed that prior to being interrogated by the debt collectors, Octa had a telephone conversation with the suspect and both agreed to meet at the branch office to settle their differences. “However, once at the branch office, it was not the suspect who met with Octa but another staff member, who brough the victim to a private meeting,” he said. The police have not arrested the latest suspect, claiming they were currently investigating the debt collecting procedures at Citibank and whether the suspect issued a direct order for Octa to be interrogated in private.
On Friday, police named Aries, Donald and Hendry suspects in the case. The three allegedly killed Octa last Tuesday after he complained about an inflated credit card bill. Soon after airing his complaints, Octa was taken to a room where he met with the three, where the debt collectors then took turns interrogating Octa. So far, the Jakarta Police have questioned 10 witnesses in the case and expect to name more suspects in the coming days. In another criminal case involving a Citibank employee, a suspect in fraud case costing bank clients Rp 17 billion (US$2million), Malinda Dee, hired five lawyers to defend her during the investigation and trial.
On Saturday, one of the lawyers, Indra Syahnun Lubis, visited Malinda at the National Police Headquarters detention center. Indra said Malinda may have more assets that what police had so far confiscated. He added that despite the seizures of most of her assets by police, Malinda could still afford to buy more Ferrari and Mercedes-Benz vehicles. There remains widespread speculation that Malinda, who has worked for Citibank since 1989, may have stolen more from her clients. Citibank official Ditta Amahorseya declined to comment on the ongoing police investigation when approached by The Jakarta Post on the issue of Malinda’s wealth.
Via http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/04/04/more-citibank-employees-arrested-murder-case.html
