SBY sets up fact-finding team on Bibit-Chandra case

Mustaqim Adamrah ,  The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Mon, 11/02/2009 3:04 PM  |  Headlines

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono decided Monday to set up a fact-finding team to verify facts and legal proceedings in the case of two detained corruption watchdog KPK deputies.

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto said the President would issue a presidential decree later in the afternoon.

"The team will be working for two weeks maximum. [We] will facilitate if the team needs more time [to complete its task]," he told reporters at the State Palace after a meeting.

The team will consist of prominent lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution as chairman, former National Commission of Human Rights member Kusparmono Irsan as deputy chairman, the President's special staffer on legal affairs Denny Indrayana as secretary, Djoko said.

The team will have five members, namely prominent human rights lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis, Paramadina University rector Anies Baswedan, Democratic Party (PD) executive Amir Syamsuddin,  Islamic State University rector Komarudin Hidayat and University of Indonesia law professor Hikmahanto Juwana.

The meeting was a follow-up of a previous meeting late on Sunday, in which Anies, Komarudin, Hikmahanto and Transparency International secretary-general Teten Masduki were summoned by the President.

The previous meeting gave the President three recommendations: case exposure, set up a fact-finding team, or ask National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri for transparency in conducting legal proceedings against Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Slamet Riyanto.

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