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Police probe alleged leak of incoming Constitutional Court ruling
The National Police spokesperson Insp. Gen. Sandi Nugroho said in a statement issued on Friday that police investigators had received complaints on the alleged leak and the possible involvement of former deputy law minister Denny Indrayana in the case.
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Facepalm: Lawyers of presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, Denny Indrayana (left) and Bambang Widjojanto, attend a hearing over the presidential election dispute at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta on Thursday. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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he National Police's Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) is now building a criminal case on the alleged leak detailing a forthcoming Constitutional Court ruling that was expected to reverse the current system of open and direct legislative elections.
The National Police spokesperson Insp. Gen. Sandi Nugroho said in a statement issued on Friday that police investigators had received complaints on the alleged leak and the possible involvement of former deputy law minister Denny Indrayana in the case.
"Currently, we're looking into the allegation and investigators from Bareskrim are conducting a probe," Sandi said.
Sandi was quoted by Tempo news portal explaining that police investigators received complaints against Denny, who runs the Instagram account @dennyindrayana99 and Twitter account @dennyindrayana and is alleged to have spread fake news directed toward the government and leaked government secrets.
The police spokesman also noted that complainants in the case handed over a screen grab of Denny's social media statement and a flash disk as evidence.
Late last week, Denny posted a statement on social media claiming that he had obtained information from an unnamed yet reliable source that the court justices would rule in favor of a closed-list electoral system, despite massive pushback from politicians across the political spectrum.
