TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) stated that the naming of Setya Novanto's lawyer Fredrich Yunadi as a suspect is a lesson to other lawyers.
Fredrich is accused of conducting obstruction of justice by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
"Cases like this taint advocates' faces," Totok said in Jakarta, Friday, January 19.
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Totok said that the advocates' rights to immunity—as stipulated in 16 of Law No.18/2003, which Fredrich used to reject being named as a suspect—needs to be understood clearly. That immunity, he said, only applies when an advocate protects his client's rights in good faith, and not to manipulate the case.
The KPK named Fredrich and a doctor from Medika Permata Hijau Hospital Bimanesh Sutarjo as suspects for on Wednesday, January 10. They are accused of manipulating medical records for the accident Setya Novanto had on November 16, 2017.
Read: KPK Nabs Fredrich Yunadi for Obstruction of Justice
The KPK suspect that the manipulation was done to prevent Setya Novanto from being interrogated by the KPK.
Fredrich Yunadi and Bimanesh are charged with Article 21 of Law No.31/1999 on the Eradication of Corruption.
M. YUSUF MANURUNG
