Fugitive for 17 Years, Today Maria Set to Arrive Home
Maria was one of the suspects in the Bank BNI embezzlement case through a fictitious letter of credit (L/C) that occurred in 2003 and cost the country Rp 1.2 trillion.
Maria Pauline Lumowa (orange vest), a fugitive from the BNI Kebayoran Baru Bank burglary case, South Jakarta, was led to a plane that would take her from Belgrade, Serbia, to Jakarta, Wednesday (8/7/2020).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS -- Maria Pauline Lumowa, a suspect in the Rp. 1.2 trillion embezzlement case at Bank BNI’s Kebayoran Baru branch, who has been on the run since 2003, is expected to arrive in the country Thursday (today). Maria departed from Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, through an extradition at the request of the Indonesian government.
"The success in completing this extradition process cannot be separated from legal diplomacy and good relations between the two countries," said Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H Laoly in a written statement received by Kompas on Wednesday (8/7).