Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Armando Siahaan, Jakarta – An outspoken Golkar legislator has once again called for a criminal probe into Vice President Boediono and former Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati over their roles in the controversial Bank Century bailout.

Mulyani and Boediono, the central bank governor at the time, authorized a Rp 6.7 trillion ($743.7 million) bailout of the bank in November 2008.

In March this year, the House of Representatives voted to adopt a resolution stating that the bailout was unwarranted, prompting the police, the Attorney General's Office and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to initiate criminal probes.

A small group of legislators, foremost among them Golkar's Bambang Soesatyo, also threatened to open impeachment proceedings against Boediono.

On Thursday, Bambang, a member of the House special committee monitoring the legal investigations into the bailout, said the police should immediately summon Boediono and Mulyani for questioning. "They must be investigated over allegations of illegal banking operations and money-laundering," he said.

He added that "evidence of money laundering" had been unearthed during last year's House inquiry into the bailout, as well as by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).

"The decision to bail out Century was full of manipulation," Bambang said. "There were also indications the central bank governor made it seem as though Century's collapse would have posed a threat to the banking system."

The KPK has already questioned both Mulyani and Boediono, and said in an interim report in June that it had found no indications of corruption in the decision to bail out Century.

Bambang said he was urging the police to look into Boediono and Mulyani because the KPK had failed to do so. "The police must investigate because the KPK lacks the courage," he said.

"We must have some investigation in this case. I believe none of the law enforcement agencies is willing to investigate because officials are afraid of losing their jobs, because the case is linked to those in power and to a certain political party to whom the money was allegedly channeled."

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his Democratic Party were criticized after the bailout for accepting campaign donations from several major donors who stood to lose their deposits had Century not been bailed out.

Pramono Anung, House deputy speaker from the opposition Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), said the KPK had been "very slow" in investigating the case.