TEMPO.CO, Surabaya - Indonesian Football Association (PSSI) boss and East Java Chamber of Trade and Industry chairman, La Nyalla Mattalitti, has once again filed a pretrial motion to challenge his status as a suspect set by East Java attorney general’s office. La Nyalla, currently in Singapore, filed the motion under his son’s name, Mohammad Ali Afandi.
La Nyalla’s defense attorney, Sumarso, said he has filed the motion to Surabaya District Court on Monday, April 25, 2016. He said that the subject matter is still the same as in the previous pretrial motion which was granted by the court.
Sumarso said, the motion is to annul the letter of suspect status both for corruption conduct and money laudering.
“In addition, the case must also be dropped through the SP3 [investigation termination letter],” Sumarso told Tempo at Surabaya District Court on Thursday.
Sumarso hoped that the case would not be a protracted one with the judge’s ruling to drop the case.
La Nyalla has been named as suspect by East Java attorney general’s office on three ocassions. First on March 16, 2016 over corruption of 5.3 billion grant of East Java Trade and Industry Chamber for the initial public offering of Bank Jatim in 2012.
The suspect status was annulled because he had been ruled innocent in a pretrial ruling read by sole judge Ferdinandus at Surabaya District Court, Tuesday, April 12, 2016.
In just under 12 hours after the ruling, East Java High Court named La Nyalla as suspect, again, over the same case. Later, East Java attorney general’s office has once again named La Nyalla as suspect for money laundering in the management of Rp48 billion of grant from the government to East Java Chamber of Trade and Industry from 2011 to 2014.
SITI JIHAN SYAHFAUZIAH
