Police chief to question Susno over possible lawsuit

JAKARTA: National Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri will question former detective chief Snr. Comr. Susno Duadji regarding the latter's planned defamation lawsuit against lecturer Bambang Widodo Umar.

Tempointeraktif.com has reported that the police chief would ask for Susno to clarify the matter Monday.

Susno has urged the University of Indonesia lecturer twice to publicly apologize for statements quoted by Koran Tempo on Dec. 14 and by Forum magazine.

Susno has accused the lecturer to have libeled his already tattered reputation, hindering the former chief detective's chance to be promoted to second in command of the police force.

The lecturer was quoted as saying the National Police chief would be ignoring public sentiment if he picked Susno for the post, which will be relinquished by Comr. Gen. Makbul Padmanegara who is retiring at the end of this month. - JP