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News Focus: KPK CHAIRMAN ANTASARI SUSPENDED FROM WORK FOR LEGAL PROCESS
By Eliswan Azly
Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - The chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had been temporarily relieved of his routine work to enable him to concentrate on his legal process in an alleged murder case.
"The management of KPK has issued a decision to that effect," Deputy Chairman of KPK Chandra Hamzah told the press at his office here on Friday evening.
In this way, the KPK chairman's work as of Friday would be handled by turn by the four deputies, Haryono Umar, M. Yasin, Bibit Rianto and Chandra Hamzah.
The decision taken by the KPK management was in line with the statement made by Prof Adrianus Meliala, PhD, an expert in legal affairs and criminology of the University of Indonesia on Friday, who said it was much better for Antasari to be relieved of his route work temporarily.
He made the remark after the police banned Antasari from travelling and Attorney General Office (AGO) named him a suspect in the murder case for having violated article 340 of the Criminal Code.
"In the context of the alleged murder, Antasari should be seen as a figure failing to uphold neutrality if he has to concentrate on his case during the legal process," Meliala said.
Antasari - who was earlier reported to be implicated in the case - went to his office on Jl. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, as usual.
A source with the National Police said a high-ranking police officer had been arrested in Bandung in relation to the murder case.
Nasrudin died on March 15, 2009, in a hospital from fatal wounds sustained in a shooting at him as he was leaving the Modernland Golf Course in Tangerang.
The motive for the shooting remained a mystery for more than a month, when National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri announced the police had arrested nine suspects in the murder case.
"The evidence is there. The weapon and the vehicles, consisting of a car and a motorcycle used by the attackers. Our investigation even led us to the mastermind, who is a well-known businessman," he said.
Bambang refused to divulge more details regarding the matter so that, following the announcement, there were many unconfirmed reports, including that the mastermind paid Rp 500 million (US$47,500) to the hitman and his associates; that the shooter may have been trained as a soldier in the East Timor conflict and that one of the nine suspects was a former district police chief.
The police were pursuing two people suspected of plotting the murder of Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, 45, director of state company Putra Rajawali Banjaran (PBR) in a case that may involve Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Antasari Azhar.
In the meantime, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) confirmed that chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Antasari Azhar, was a suspect in the murder of Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, director of a state firm.
AGO spokesman Jasman Pandjaitan said Friday that the office had received dossiers from the police regarding Antasari's alleged role of commissioning the murder.
"To probe Antasari's alleged involvement may involve forceful steps," he said reading out a recommendation from the police in a press conference.
Jasman said that the police was charging the suspect with article 340 of Criminal Code (KUHP) on conspiracy in a murder. Antasari was a former top prosecutor in the AGO, known to public for handling the murder case involving Tommy Soeharto, youngest son of former president Soeharto.
"The police will not need the AGO's permission to question him since he is no longer a prosecutor ever since he assummed the post as KPK chairman," he said.
He added that the AGO had expressed deep regret over the situation.
In response to Antasari's alleged involvement in the crime, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed support to an investigation on the murder case that may implicate the key figure in the country's battle against corruption, the Corruption Eradication Commission chairman.
Presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said Friday that the president said the investigation was an example of good law enforcement.
"Anyone guilty must undergo a process as regulated by the law until he or she faces trial," Andi said.
"If the law can be implemented as it should be it will mean that its supremacy is highly upheld," Andi said.
Nasrudin died at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital in Central Jakarta on March 15, a day after a drive by shooting as he was leaving the Modernland Golf Course in Tangerang.
Commenting on the alleged involvement of Antasari in the murder, a political analyst Dr Sofyan Siregar, a roving lecturer at the Islamic University of North Sumatra, said actually this was an act of those who wanted to make Antasari trapped in a crime.
As a clean figure who has the courage to capture whoever was allegedly involved in murder indiscriminately would be facing many rivals, he said.
"In my view, this is a trick of those who don't want to see Antasari walk free. The testimony of a murderer who shot Nasrudin to death tipped that Antasari knew all about the murder was an act of fabrication," he said.
"The testimony of a murderer could not serve as evidence," Sofyan said adding that only could the material objects of the probe be accepted as reliable evidence, while the testimony should be further verified. ***
Jakarta, May 1 (ANTARA) - The chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had been temporarily relieved of his routine work to enable him to concentrate on his legal process in an alleged murder case.
"The management of KPK has issued a decision to that effect," Deputy Chairman of KPK Chandra Hamzah told the press at his office here on Friday evening.
In this way, the KPK chairman's work as of Friday would be handled by turn by the four deputies, Haryono Umar, M. Yasin, Bibit Rianto and Chandra Hamzah.
The decision taken by the KPK management was in line with the statement made by Prof Adrianus Meliala, PhD, an expert in legal affairs and criminology of the University of Indonesia on Friday, who said it was much better for Antasari to be relieved of his route work temporarily.
He made the remark after the police banned Antasari from travelling and Attorney General Office (AGO) named him a suspect in the murder case for having violated article 340 of the Criminal Code.
"In the context of the alleged murder, Antasari should be seen as a figure failing to uphold neutrality if he has to concentrate on his case during the legal process," Meliala said.
Antasari - who was earlier reported to be implicated in the case - went to his office on Jl. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta, as usual.
A source with the National Police said a high-ranking police officer had been arrested in Bandung in relation to the murder case.
Nasrudin died on March 15, 2009, in a hospital from fatal wounds sustained in a shooting at him as he was leaving the Modernland Golf Course in Tangerang.
The motive for the shooting remained a mystery for more than a month, when National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri announced the police had arrested nine suspects in the murder case.
"The evidence is there. The weapon and the vehicles, consisting of a car and a motorcycle used by the attackers. Our investigation even led us to the mastermind, who is a well-known businessman," he said.
Bambang refused to divulge more details regarding the matter so that, following the announcement, there were many unconfirmed reports, including that the mastermind paid Rp 500 million (US$47,500) to the hitman and his associates; that the shooter may have been trained as a soldier in the East Timor conflict and that one of the nine suspects was a former district police chief.
The police were pursuing two people suspected of plotting the murder of Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, 45, director of state company Putra Rajawali Banjaran (PBR) in a case that may involve Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Antasari Azhar.
In the meantime, the Attorney General's Office (AGO) confirmed that chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Antasari Azhar, was a suspect in the murder of Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, director of a state firm.
AGO spokesman Jasman Pandjaitan said Friday that the office had received dossiers from the police regarding Antasari's alleged role of commissioning the murder.
"To probe Antasari's alleged involvement may involve forceful steps," he said reading out a recommendation from the police in a press conference.
Jasman said that the police was charging the suspect with article 340 of Criminal Code (KUHP) on conspiracy in a murder. Antasari was a former top prosecutor in the AGO, known to public for handling the murder case involving Tommy Soeharto, youngest son of former president Soeharto.
"The police will not need the AGO's permission to question him since he is no longer a prosecutor ever since he assummed the post as KPK chairman," he said.
He added that the AGO had expressed deep regret over the situation.
In response to Antasari's alleged involvement in the crime, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed support to an investigation on the murder case that may implicate the key figure in the country's battle against corruption, the Corruption Eradication Commission chairman.
Presidential spokesman Andi Mallarangeng said Friday that the president said the investigation was an example of good law enforcement.
"Anyone guilty must undergo a process as regulated by the law until he or she faces trial," Andi said.
"If the law can be implemented as it should be it will mean that its supremacy is highly upheld," Andi said.
Nasrudin died at the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital in Central Jakarta on March 15, a day after a drive by shooting as he was leaving the Modernland Golf Course in Tangerang.
Commenting on the alleged involvement of Antasari in the murder, a political analyst Dr Sofyan Siregar, a roving lecturer at the Islamic University of North Sumatra, said actually this was an act of those who wanted to make Antasari trapped in a crime.
As a clean figure who has the courage to capture whoever was allegedly involved in murder indiscriminately would be facing many rivals, he said.
"In my view, this is a trick of those who don't want to see Antasari walk free. The testimony of a murderer who shot Nasrudin to death tipped that Antasari knew all about the murder was an act of fabrication," he said.
"The testimony of a murderer could not serve as evidence," Sofyan said adding that only could the material objects of the probe be accepted as reliable evidence, while the testimony should be further verified. ***
