Article: Indonesian President Susilo's relative on trial for embezzlement

Indonesian President Susilo's relative on trial for embezzlement

JAKARTA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian President Susilo Bamabang Yudhoyono's relative by marriage Aulia Pohan underwent first trial on Friday for allegedly involving in a scandal of embezzling over 100 billion rupiah (some 93 million U.S. dollars) central bank funds.

President Susilo, whose administration has been scrambling to fight rampant corruption since 2004, has said that he would not be discriminative to treat those implicated in graft.

Pohan, the former deputy of Indonesian central bank, was tried along with three others former top officials of the bank at the anti-

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