Jakarta – Indonesian prosecutors plan to bring four of the country's most controversial figures to court next month, including former president Suharto, in a bid to dispel doubts over the government's reform agenda.

No date has been set for the trial of Suharto on charges which include corruption during his 32 years in office. But Attorney-General Marzuki Darusman has pledged to file the charges before August 10. The dates of the trials of central bank chief Syahril Sabirin, Suharto's former trade minister Mohammad "Bob" Hasan, and former national food agency chief Beddu Amang, have yet to be set.

"We will bring charges against those people by August but the date of their trials will be decided by judges, not by the Attorney-General's office," spokesman Yushar Yahya said on Saturday.

Lawyers for the former president say he is too ill to stand trial. He is charged with misusing funds from charitable foundations.

Central bank governor Syahril has been detained since June 21 over the Baligate scandal, which involved the payment last year of an US$80 million commission to a company linked to Suharto's former ruling Golkar Party for the recovery of loans owed by the government to the bank.

Hasan, Suharto's old business partner, is now being detained as a suspect in an alleged fraud that cost the state some US$87 million.

Beddu will stand trial for his role in an alleged fraudulent land deal with a company owned by Suharto's youngest son Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra, the spokesman said.