http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/top-indonesian-fashion-designer-arrested-for-stealing-diamonds/386321 July 17, 2010 Zaky Pawas
Top Indonesian Fashion Designer Arrested for Stealing Diamonds One of Indonesian's top fashion designers will soon be fitted for an unflattering new outfit: orange prison coveralls. Adjie Notonegoro was arrested at 3 p.m. on Thursday for allegedly stealing diamonds worth Rp 960 million ($106,560), Munif, head of the general crime division at the South Jakarta Prosecutors' Office, said on Friday. "Adjie was detained because he refused to cooperate during the investigation by never responding to a police summons for questioning," he said. "He was forcibly detained at the rented home of his maid in South Jakarta." Adjie was reported to the South Jakarta Police in 2008 by his business partner and friend, Melvin Chandrianto Thjin, who said he had entrusted Rp 3.1 billion ($345,000) worth of diamonds to Adjie to be sold. Adjie allegedly sold Rp 960 million worth of the diamonds, but did not give Melvin the money, spending it instead. Munif said that Adjie had been charged on one count of embezzlement under the Criminal Code, which carries a maximum sentence of four years in prison. He added that the prosecutors' office was currently building up their case against Adjie in preparation for a trial, whose date has not yet been set. Adjie, 49, rose to fame in the 1980s as one of Indonesia's few haute couture fashion designers. According to his official Web site, Adjie studied at both the Esmod Modelle L'Ecole in Paris and the Mueller und Sohn Modeschule in Dusseldorf, Germany. He went on to establish his own fashion brand, the House of Adjie, in 1986. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
