Police insists on accusing KPK leaders of bribery, extortion
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Fri, 11/06/2009 1:01 AM | National
National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri insisted on Thursday that investigators had solid evidence of bribery and extortion involving two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders in connection with a graft case implicating businessman Anggoro Widjojo.
Bambang told a hearing with the House of Representatives’ Commission III on legal affairs police investigators had secured evidence of transfers of money to the now suspended KPK deputy chiefs Chandra M. Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto while probing into Anggoro’s alleged role in a graft case.
“We will be responsible for what we have done; there was no fabrication at all. We make sure we received no money in this case,” Bambang told the hearing which lasted until midnight.
According to Bambang, the case evolved around the testimony of suspended KPK chief Antasari Azhar about bribery and extortion involving KPK leaders, which Bambang said was followed by an investigation.
The bribery and extortion was related to KPK investigation into a bribery case involving Anggoro’s telecommunication provider PT Masaro Radiokom. Bambang said a top official at the Forestry Ministry also received Rp 17.2 billion from Anggoro. A KPK leader who has emotional ties with MK sought an entry ban imposed on Anggoro to prevent an investigation into the case.
The police’s probe also found, among other things, a transfer of a total of Rp 6 billion to five KPK leaders from Anggoro through middleman Ary Muladi, who later on withdrew his testimony.
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