Liputan6.com, Jakarta The Indonesian Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) has scheduled an examination process for Bambang Widjojanto who has been named as a suspect for allegedly requesting a third party to give a false statement to the constitutional court in relations to the issue of regional elections at Kotawaringin Barat, Central Kalimantan back in 2010. The investigation is done today (03/02/2015).
The Deputy Chairman of Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Bambang Widjojanto has readied himself up to fulfil Bareskrim expectation as he said that he will attend the investigation process and comply with the all the workings of then system throughout the investigation even with him as a suspect.
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"We will depart from here (KPK). Perhaps around 10 or 11am isn," one of Bambang's lawyer Nursyahbani Katjasungkana said.
What will happen as the ramification of the investigation? Will there be another detaining process of Bambang after the investigation finishes?
According to Nursyahbani, there are no particular reasons for Bareskrim to perform such action. There has not been confirmed evidence justifying Bareskrim’s claims about Bambang and therefore they have no grounds to detain or arrest Nursyahbani’s client.
Apart from that, Nursyahbani also said that her client does not fall into the category of suspect that runs away from his problem or overlooks his duty. Bambang is also not categorized as a suspect who went to hide all the evidence that may be useful for the investigation.
"I don’t think it is right to just arrest Bambang. There are no particular reasons to do so. They can do that if there are both subjective and objective reasons to do so. It means that normatively, Bareskrim has to find evidence first before making an arrest. It is also absured to arrest someone or detain when that person isn’t even running away from the problem, he even wants to be responsible for it by following the instructions given," she continued.
During the investigation, Bambang’s lawyers will also raise the issues regarding the discrepancies found from the claims made by Bareskrim about their client. They are planning to question the articles Bareskrim was referring to, the arrest letter and the investigation process.
"We will question the discrepancy found about the detaining letter sent by Bareskrim, especially the Article relating to the arrest. It remains unclear and so there are many things that we will question. The reasons behind their arrest should be clear so we know how to defend our client," Nursyhabani added.
Bareskrim has named Bambang Widjojanto as a suspect as they claim that Bambang has violated Article 242 Number 1 KUHP in conjunction of Article 55 number 1 and Article 55 number 2 KUHP. (Akp/Ein)