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Viewing cable 08JAKARTA357, INDONESIA - OLD BLBI CASES STIRRED UP BY DPR

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08JAKARTA357 2008-02-24 07:59 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Jakarta
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R 240759Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 8069
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 1549
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RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 4415
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 JAKARTA 000357 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR EAP/MTS AND EB/IFD/OMA 
TREASURY FOR IA-SETH SEARLS 
SINGAPORE FOR SUSAN BAKER 
COMMERCE FOR 4430-BERLINGUETTE 
DEPARTMENT PASS FEDERAL RESERVE SAN FRANCISCO FOR FINEMAN 
DEPARTMENT PASS EXIM BANK 
DOJ/OPDAT FOR JOHNSON/LEHMANN/ALEXANDRE 
DOJ/AFMLS FOR SAMUEL 
 
E.O. 12598: N/A 
TAGS: EFIN EINV ECON PGOV PINR ID
SUBJECT: INDONESIA - OLD BLBI CASES STIRRED UP BY DPR 
 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: Members of Parliament have been dredging up 
ten-year old cases connected to abuse of Bank Indonesia Liquidity 
Assistance (BLBI) funds related to the 1997/98 financial crisis 
rescue of depositors in distressed commercial banks.  It is not 
clear why the Parliament (DPR) has been agitating about this 
recently, and many contacts view it as a way to embarrass President 
Yudhoyono (SBY) or to distract attention from the DPR's own poor 
performance. End Summary. 
 
BLBI: Financial Crisis' Unfinished Business 
------------------------------------------- 
 
2. (SBU) Lawmakers are resurrecting complaints about misuse of BLBI 
funds.  This refers to emergency liquidity credits extended by Bank 
Indonesia to meet demands for withdrawals by depositors in 
commercial banks during the 1997-98 financial crisis.  Of the Rp 
144.5 trillion ($15.7 billion) BLBI extended after 1997, Rp 51.7 
trillion ($5.6 billion) ended up with one of the more than 100 
collapsed banks, who defaulted on repayment to BI.  Some BLBI funds 
were stolen by bank owners who fled, never making it into the hands 
of depositors.  Note: Under President Megawati, and to provide some 
protection to BLBI borrowers who were cooperative in returning and 
recovering funds, a 2002 Presidential Instruction converted BLBI 
cases from criminal to civil cases.  End Note. 
 
3. (U) According to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani's recent statements 
to the press, the GOI and the Parliament's Commission XI agreed that 
the total debt of seven major BLBI borrowers was Rp 2.3 trillion 
($250.4 milion), based on a Supreme Audit Board (BPK) investigation. 
 According to the Parliament's BLBI inquiry team, those who failed 
to repay funds (BLBI credits plus other assistance provided in 
connection with policies then adopted to restructure national banks) 
cost the state Rp 702.5 trillion ($76.5 billion).  Thus $76.5 
billion is the estimate of the total of BLBI credits and other 
restructuring funds.  While the BLBI scheme was flawed, it did 
indeed assist many depositors to recover their money.  However, some 
of the borrowers misused the funds, including bank owners and 
managers who ran off with the money instead of re-paying depositors. 
 Several former bankers who fled Indonesia in connection with BLBI 
funds abuse are on the Attorney General's "Most Corrupt" List. 
 
Table 1: Breakdown of BLBI Cost to GOI 
----------------------------------------- 
Scheme                        Rp trillion 
----------------------------------------- 
BLBI                             144.5 
Banking recapitalization bonds   425.5 
Blanket guarantee cost            73.8 
Bailout funds                      4.9 
BI escrow account                 53.8 
----------------------------------------- 
TOTAL                            702.5 
 
 
 
BLBI Plays Well Domestically for DPR 
------------------------------------ 
 
4. (U) President Yudhoyono has publicly called for speeding up the 
civil settlement of BLBI cases currently being handled by the 
Attorney General's Office (AGO), focusing in particular on 
uncooperative parties.  According to Attorney General Hendarman 
Supandji, there are 34 outstanding BLBI cases:  twenty are being 
handled by the Ministry of Finance (MOF), seven by the Indonesian 
National Police (INP) and seven by the AGO.  On February 11, House 
Speaker Agung Laksono insisted to the media that the DPR was 
committed to resolving the BLBI cases.  "We are serious about this. 
The AGO should take whatever mechanism required to regain what 
belongs to the state." 
 
A Fine Distraction? 
------------------- 
 
5. (SBU) Several DPR members are aggressively pursuing BLBI cases, 
or at least stating so to the media.  Their stated purpose is to 
 
JAKARTA 00000357  002 OF 002 
 
 
recover funds, but there appear to be ulterior motives to embarrass 
the President and steer attention away from Parliamentary failings. 
One longtime expat consultant said that the DPR is under a lot of 
pressure for its failure to perform, pass needed legislation and 
deliver results: BLBI is a fine distraction with easy targets -- 
wealthy former bankers.  The Parliament suggested three possible 
actions should the government fail to provide satisfactory answers 
on BLBI: 
 
--Begin impeachment proceedings against the President; 
--Investigate the cases further; 
--Form a special team to monitor the government's work to recover 
BLBI funds if the House was satisfied with the government's answers. 
 
 
6. (SBU) Some of our contacts noted that the DPR seeks to undermine 
SBY with its current agitation on the ten-year-old BLBI cases.   The 
DPR's interest in playing up the BLBI cases plays well domestically 
for many parties in the lead up to the 2009 elections.  Although 
bringing BLBI borrowers to justice is difficult and trails are cold, 
the DPR can raise its own profile by speaking publicly about it. 
Some of the BLBI borrowers are Chinese-Indonesian, often easy 
targets in Indonesia. 
 
HUME