KPK Dismisses Rumors Lukas Enembe's Lawyer Will be Questioned in Jayapura
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22 November 2022 21:59 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) dismissed reports that it had agreed to a request made by Aloysius Renwarin, the lawyer of the Governor of Papua Lukas Enembe, to have him questioned as a witness in Jayapura this Thursday.
"According to the information we received, it is true that he had made the request. However, it is not true that we had agreed to question him in Jayapura," KPK spokesman Ali Fikri said in Jakarta on Tuesday, November 22.
Aloysius will be questioned as a witness for suspect Lukas Enembe in the case of alleged bribery and gratification related to infrastructure projects in Papua Province.
"So far, the place of questioning is as stated in the summons, namely at the KPK Office in Jakarta," Ali said.
Ali said that the KPK had sent a second summons for Aloysius to give a witness statement. Summons were also given to another one of Lukas Enembe lawyers, Stefanus Roy Rening. They are asked to come to the KPK building in Jakarta Thursday morning, November 24.
Both lawyers were summoned on Thursday last week but failed to show up. "We want to remind these witnesses to be cooperative and attend to the summons because it is a legal obligation," said Ali.
Aloysius had stated that he was ready to be questioned by the KPK but requested that it be done in Jayapura. He also said to have sent an official letter to the KPK, addressed to the anti-graft body's director of investigation Asep Guntur Rahayu.
"I am advocating and providing legal assistance to my client, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe in Jayapura, so I asked the KPK to be investigated in Papua," Aloysius said in his statement on Tuesday.
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