Teten refuses to be part of team

Mustaqim Adamrah ,  The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Mon, 11/02/2009 3:33 PM  |  Headlines

Transparency International secretary-general Teten Masduki has refused to be part of a fact-finding team tasked with verifying facts and legal proceedings on the case of two detained corruption watchdog KPK deputies.

"We really want Teten to join the team," team chairman and prominent lawyer Adnan Buyung Nasution told reporters in a conference at the State Palace on Monday.

"But according to the latest information, he refuses to do so but is willing to lend a hand."

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono decided Monday to set up the team in response to people's "mistrust".

The team will be working for two weeks, or more if required, according to Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto

Besides Adnan, the team will have former National Commission of Human Rights member Kusparmono Irsan as deputy chairman and the President's special staffer on legal affairs Denny Indrayana as secretary.

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 to the previous meeting late on Sunday, in which Anies, Komarudin, Hikmahanto and 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 taking legal proceedings against Chandra Hamzah and Bibit Slamet Riyanto.

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