Team delays KPK bribery case reconstruction

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Sat, 11/07/2009 6:32 PM  |  National

A team from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) has arrived at the Presidential Advisory Council office in Jakarta to attend the case reconstruction of a bribery case implicating the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders held by a fact-finding team this evening.

Ari Mukartono, head of prosecution of the AGO's Special Crime office, said that he did not know when the meeting would begin.

The meeting was supposed to start at 1 p.m. on Saturday before it was delayed. The meeting is slated to start at 7 p.m.

National Police top detectives will present results of their investigation into alleged bribery and extortion implicating suspended KPK deputy chiefs Chandra M. Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto before the government-sanctioned fact-finding team.

Leaders of the KPK will also attend the gathering.

The National Police’s director of anticorruption unit Brig, Gen. Yovianes Mahar, his deputy Sr. Comr. Benny Mokalu will represent the police during the much-awaited meeting.

During the meeting, the detectives will build the case involving the suspended KPK leaders based on facts and data they have collected since they launched the investigation.

National Police Chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri has insisted that the investigators have gathered enough evidence to charge Chandra and Hamzah. The two suspects, however, have persistently denied the accusations.

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