Hundreds of pro- and anti-Susno protesters lining up outside
the South Jakarta District Court on Monday ahead
of a pretrial hearing for former chief of detectives
Gen. Susno Duadji. The protesters later threw water
bottles and hurled insults at each other.
The National Police anti corruption division on Thursday said that so far they have named former National Police chief detective Comr. Gen Susno Duadji as the only suspect in regional election corruption. Susno was alleged to have siphoned off a portion of West Java's election security fund when he served as the province's police chief in 2008.
"We haven't named any of Pak Susno's associates who have the potential to be named as suspects in this case," National Police director of corruption crimes Brig. Gen. Yovianus Mahar told on Thursday. "Further investigation is still on going."
Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Edward Aritonang said on Tuesday police had submitted official documents to the Attorney General's Office. The documents will enable the AGO to move forward with the investigation.
"Yes, Susno and his associates are now suspects in the case," Edward said on Tuesday.
Susno called the new accusation a "back-up" in case police could not prove the bribery charge they leveled against Susno earlier this month.
Susno's lawyer also said police were piling on charges to try to silence Susno, who has implicated members of the top brass in his testimony on case brokering at National Police headquarters.
The added allegation comes after Susno was detained for allegedly receiving a bribe over the police's handling of a legal battle over the ownership of an arowana fish hatchery in Lampung, a case he ironically brought to light as one of the cases of judicial mafia operating within the National Police.
Susno was charged with the fish farm case based on testimony by suspected case broker Sjahril Johan, who claimed to have paid him Rp 500 million ($53,500). The second allegation was reportedly based on findings by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) over a suspicious transfer of Rp 3.8 billion into Susno's bank accounts.
A police source handling this case told on condition of anonymity that,"We suspect that Susno received more than Rp 2 billion. We are still waiting the final audit.”
The source rejected the speculation that the new charge against Susno was a signal that police were worried the fish farm case against Susno was too weak. "God willing we will prove our allegations. We are professional."
