Indonesia's 'Sunda Empire' leaders, with mission 'to settle debts at the World Bank', arrested for fraud


Self-proclaimed general secretary of the so-called 'Sunda Empire' Rangga Sasana speaks during an interview. - kompas.com

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): The West Java Police have arrested the self-proclaimed 'royals' involved in the 'Sunda Empire' and named them fraud suspects.

The force's spokesperson Sr Comr Saptono Erlangga said the suspects — the so-called grand prime minister Nasri Banks, royal imperial highness Raden Ratna Ningrum and general secretary Rangga Sasana — were charged under articles 14 and 15 of the 1946 Misinformation Law, which carry maximum sentences of 10 and two years’ imprisonment, respectively.

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