Prosecutors have received from police dossiers on four suspects - including suspended Corruption Eradication Chairman Antasari Azhar - allegedly involved in the murder of Nasruddin Zulkarnaen. Jasman Pandjaitan, a spokesman for the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has said.
The prosecutors are now preparing to go to trial, he said.
The three other suspects include media magnate Sigid Haryo Wibisono, former chief of the South Jakarta Police, chief Sr. Comr. Wiliardi Wizar, and Jerry Hermawan Lo.
"The handover of the dossiers will be followed by the handover of the suspects and evidence the following day.
Thus, starting this Tuesday, all suspects and evidence will be in the hands of the South Jakarta prosecutor office," he told a press conference Monday.
The suspects are accused of orchestrating the murder of Nasruddin, the former director of PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran, and face maximum sentences of death.
Jasman said the suspects would be tried at the South Jakarta District Court, and not in Tang-garang where the murder took place, as it is alleged they plotted the murder at Sigid's house in South Jakarta.
The men who allegedly executed the murder - Eduardus "Edo" Ndopo, Hendrikus Kia Walen, Fransiskus Tadon Keran, Heri Santosa and Daniel Daen - are however on trial at the Tangerang District Court.
Commenting on the latest developments, Antasari's lawyer, Juniver Girsang, said was ready to defend his client.
"In fact, personally I hope that the trial will be held soon so that my client can end this phase of life, in which he has already been unfairly tried by the media," he said.
The court sent the dossiers back to police several times before they were officially received as prosecutors said the police had not collected enough evidence to try the suspects.
The drawn-out process has led to public scrutiny of both the police and investigators.
If a deadline to hand over the dossiers was allowed to expire at the end of this week, Antasari and the other suspects would most likely have been released from detention.
Nasruddin's murder in March this year quickly attracted attention from the media and the public as it occurred in broad daylight at a golf club.
Rumours that high profile businessman and public officials were involved soon ran rampant, as the police withheld infor-mation related to the case until all those allegedly involved were arrested.
