Dicky Christanto and Erwida Maulia, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 01/19/2010 9:32 AM
Congratulation: Anticorruption activists display a banner congratulating the Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) decision to name Anggodo Widjojo as a suspect at the KPK building in Jakarta on Monday. Anggodo was named a suspect for alleged bribery and preventing a corruption case investigation. JP/Nurhayati
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned for the fourth time Anggodo Widjojo, the alleged mastermind of a recent plot against two of the body’s leaders, in a near half-day questioning session Monday.
KPK spokesman Johan Budi told The Jakarta Post on Monday evening that Anggodo was questioned, among others, on details surrounding the content of wiretapped conversations between him and a number of law enforcement officials.
The recorded wiretappings revealed the alleged plot to frame KPK deputy chiefs Chandra M. Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto.
Chandra and Bibit had been named suspects by the police last year in alleged bribery, extortion and authority abuse cases, before being cleared and regaining their positions with the antigraft body.
Their suspect statuses were dropped following recommendations made by a presidential fact-finding team created to investigate their case.
It stated the case had been “engineered”.
The team was established soon after the wiretapped conversations between Anggodo and several officials from the National Police and the Attorney General’s Office were played at the Constitutional Court and broadcast by TV stations nationwide.
“The questioning session has finished,” Johan said.
“The investigators dug deeper into the content of the wiretapped conversations.”
He said that starting Tuesday, the KPK would summon witnesses for the case of Anggodo, who was named a suspect last week, “to develop and clarify the case”.
“[The witnesses] will include anyone we believe can provide information and data to make the case clear.”
Johan’s statement reportedly could pave the way for further investigation into the officials cited in the recorded conversations, including former deputy attorney general for intelligence Wisnu Subroto and former deputy attorney general Abdul Hakim Ritonga.
Alleged middleman Ary Muladi and Juliana Ong are among other people cited in the records.
Anggodo has been accused of violating Article 15 of the corruption crimes law on conspiracy to conduct grafts, and Article 21 on attempts to hinder investigations into graft cases.
He was taken to Cipinang Penitentiary in East Jakarta after he was named a suspect.
Anggodo allegedly tried to obstruct Chandra and Bibit’s probe into the case of his brother, graft fugitive Anggoro Widjojo, by allegedly framing them.
