Police Challenge Anti-graft Commission in Parliament Hearing

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The National Police appeared at the parliaments office last night for the first hearing on the uncovered conspiracy against the corruption Eradication Commission. Head of The Investigation and Crime Unit Commissioner General Susno Duadji, was also in the hearing in his first appearance after his name were frequently mentioned in the conversation to set traps for anti-corruption investigators.Police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri said that his institution have the evidence of the involvement of anti-graft investigators and other officials and defended that Comm. Gen Susno Duadji was not guilty. He said investigators It was admitted by Ary Muladi (a middleman between a private company and the Corruption Eradication Commission) that the money was disbursed to one of a senior officials with the anti-graft commission. One of the top official was handed Rp1 billion, (to stop) the case (against Anggoro Widjojo) from being probed further.Anggoro, Anggodos older brother is the only suspect from the private supplier who is sought for corruption charges in a project to provide telecommunication equipments at the Forestry Department in 2007.Police also defended a visit by his chief investigation Detective Comm. Gen. Susno Duadji to Singapore to meet with Anggoro Widjojo without arresting the corruption suspect who had been put into the anti-graft commissions most wanted list.The law allows us to see people implicated in a case, not like investigators with the anti-graft commission who are forbided by the law to do so, danuri told lawmaker on Thursday night, while revealing that the then chief of the anti-graft Commission Antasari Azhar also held a meeting with Anggoro in Singapore.Danuri also explained that Detective Comm Gen Susno was not guilty for not arresting Anggoro Widjojo even when the meeting was held in the governments representatives offices. The law in host country apply.Legal representative for Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto, Taufik Basari dismissed the evidence against his client claimed by the police. If it was true that there was evidence please prove it.CORNILA DESYANA | MUSTAFA SILALAHI | ANTON SEPTIAN