REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - The Attorney Generals Office arrested a Bank Mandiri official in connection with the disbursal of loans to build a thermal power plant in Central Kalimantan, causing the State looses 43 billion IDR. 

"He was arrested at Putri Indah Estate at Gunung Putri Street, Bogor, at 2.00 pm local time," a spokesman for the Attorney Generals Office, Setia Untung Arimuladi, confirmed on Tuesday.

"The accused, Rudi Wibisono, as the commercial banking centers manager of Bank Mandiri, approved the credit proposal, which led to 43 billion IDR in losses for the state," he added.

According to Arimuladi, the bank's commercial banking center manager, Rudi Wibisono, had been placed on the Most Wanted list. A task force from the Attorney Generals Office made the arrest on Tuesday in cooperation with the South Jakarta Public Prosecutors Office.

Wibisono had been placed on the South Jakarta Public Prosecutors Offices Most Wanted list after he was sentenced to four years in jail and fined 200 million IDR. The accused was taken to the Public Prosecutors Office to sign an official report on serving his sentence, Setia said.

"He will be escorted later to the Sukamiskin penitentiary in Bandung," he added.

He pointed out that Rudi was convicted in connection with a fictitious application to the state lender for loans to build a thermal power plant with a capacity of 2x7 MW in Sampit, central Kalimantan.

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