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Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Protesters handed a cock to the National Police Headquarters as symbolizing their earnest hope for National Police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri to solve the Century Bank case.

The protesters calling themselves members of the People`s Movement for Justice, handed over a black cock in front of the police headquarters, South Jakarta, on Tuesday.

Rally coordinator Hari Purwanto said the cock also symbolized the people`s hope to the Chief of Police to eradicate corruption in the country once and for all.

Protester also unfurled a big poster also calling on the police to investigate the Century Bank Case. Their action lasted only 30 minutes after which they sang "Padamu Negeri" (for you my country) before leaving the police headquarters.

On Monday (Nov 23), the Supreme Audit Board (BPK) handed the result of its investigative audit on the controversial troubled Bank Century to the speaker of the the House of Representatives (DPR).

A House member, Maruarar Sirait, said the document of the Bank Century audit did not have information on the troubled bank`s cash flow.

Meanwhile, BPK spokesperson B. Dwita Pradana said in a written statement that in their audit of Bank Century, the investigators would focus on the merger of Bank Century in December 2004, its license to operate as a foreign exchange bank, and the violation of prudential principles.

The granting of a Short-Term Financing Facility involving Rp689 billion by Bank Indonesia (BI) would also be investigated by BPK.

The BPK would also look into the judgment that if Bank Century was allowed to collapse, it would have a systemic impact on the banking business. Also to be probed would be the Financial System Stability Committee`s reason to bail out the bank.

BPK auditors would also investigate the reason for raising the amount of bailout funds for Bank Century ten times Rp632 billion to Rp6.7 trillion.(*)

Editor: B Kunto Wibisono

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