Court waits again for Citibank to appear in Irzen Octa case

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 06/09/2011 9:30 AM

Central Jakarta District Court is expecting Citibank lawyers to attend a hearing on Thursday in the hearing of a civil lawsuit filed by the family of Irzen Octa, a politician who died after a meeting with Citibank’s debt collectors.

The Citibank legal team had failed to show up to the initial hearing on May 12, and the adjourned hearing on May 26, citing "technical issues" for their absence.

The family of Irzen Octa accuse Citibank of disobedience and negligence in performing its banking duties and are demanding Rp 3 trillion (US$351 million) in damages.

Irzen Octa died on March 28 after a meeting the Citibank debt collectors at a branch in Jakarta.

An initial autopsy reported no signs of violence in Irzen's death, but a second autopsy found signs he had been tortured. (awd)

Irzen Octa's remains to undergo 2nd autopsy

Hans David Tampubolon, The Jakarta Post, Depok | Wed, 04/20/2011 8:34 AM | Humanities

Lawyer OC Kaligis, as the legal representative of the family of the late Irzen Octa, says a second autopsy is required to iron out discrepancies in the findings of a preliminary autopsy conducted on the remains of Octa, which are to be dug up today for the purpose.

Octa is a Citibank client who died allegedly after violence committed by the bank's debt collectors on March 29.

On Wednesday, Kaligis said Octa's death remained suspicious because there were two contradicting preliminary autopsy results, which were signed by the same doctor, at the same time and on the same day.

One result revealed indications of violence on Octa's body, while the other said he died from a stroke.

Citibank representative Ditta Amahorseya has repeatedly denied that Octa was a victim of violence committed by debt collectors working for the bank.