Jakarta – The office of Indonesia's Minister for State Enterprises said fertiliser company PT Pupuk Kaltim, coal mining company PT Bukit Asam and plantation operators PTPN II and IV are among the state companies to be privatized this year.

Meanwhile more shares of PT Telkom and PT Indosat, both telecommunication service providers, and of general mining company PT Aneka Tambang, would be divested, said Herwidiyatmo, an assistant to the Minister in charge of State Enterprises.

Herwidiyatmo said he could not give an estimate of fresh funds to be raised through the share divestment.

So far in the current fiscal year ending in March, the government succeeded in raising only US$860 million from the privatization of PT Pelindo II and PT Pelindo III, both port operators, PT Indofood, a food processing company and PT Telkom. Privatization target was to raise US$1.5 billion for the fiscal year.ormer co- ordinating minister for political affairs and security Feisal Tanjung.

The panel has so far questioned at least six generals, including the former commander of the Indonesian Defence Force, General Wiranto, and leaders of militia groups.

But former president Bacharuddin Habibie will not appear, one of his lawyers was quoted as saying yesterday.

Ruhut Sitompul said for Mr Habibie to testify would be "irrelevant" because he had already spoken about the violence in his accountability speech to the country's former legislature in September.