Tommy Suharto denies he took $20m Rolls-Royce bribe Among the various claims from the whistleblower, former employee Dick Taylor, was the allegation that the company had handed a $20m (£12.4m) bribe and a blue Rolls-Royce car to Mr Suharto. It was for his help, it was claimed, in persuading the country's flag-carrier Garuda to buy Rolls" Trent 700 engine for Airbus A330 aircraft in 1990. In the letter to Mr Green, Elza Syarief, the lawyers for Mr Suharto, said: "Over the past year there have been a series of press reports which have repeated an erroneous allegation that, more than 20 years ago, Mr Hutomo Manda Putra - known as Tommy Suharto - had received $20m and a Rolls-Royce car." It went on to say: "For the record, an on behalf of Mr Suharto, we would like to state categorically that he did not, and has never, received monies or a car from Rolls-Royce and nor did he recommend their engines to Garuda. These allegations are false and have arisen, it appears, via internet comments posted by an ex-employee, not through any formal source. Mr Suharto stressed that neither he nor his representatives had ever "been contacted by the SFO in relation" to the Rolls bribery allegations but "would be happy to co-operate should you wish to discuss the matter further." The credibility of Mr Suharto's denials was questioned in some quarters, however, given his conviction in 2002 for ordering the assassination of an Indonesian supreme court judge. He was sentenced to 15 years in jail but released after four. The SFO and Rolls-Royce declined to comment. Mr Taylor could not be reached for comment. Earlier this year Rolls-Royce appointed lawyer Lord Gold to lead a review of its compliance procedures in the wake of the bribery allegations.