Presiding judge Nani Indrawati said in a trial of defendant Dudhie Makmun Murod, a former lawmaker from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), that she left it to prosecutors to decide whether they would seek to present Nunun, who missed her third court summon Monday.

“All elements have been addressed in this trial,” she said, adding the court was set to issue its verdict on the case on May 14 at the latest.

Nani, however, highlighted that it would be better if prosecutors took Nunun to the stand to testify in order to inquire into “every connection” in the case. She gave prosecutors another chance to bring Nunun forward in a hearing scheduled for Apr. 19.

Chief prosecutor Muhammad Rum said he would make the effort to bring the key witness to testify, but added that if the evidence was enough “[to conclude the case],” then it would “not be necessary [to summon Nunun again]”.

In their indictment, prosecutors pointed their fingers to Nunun to have acted as a “cashier” who arranged the delivery of traveler’s checks worth a total of Rp 24 billion (US$2.6 million) to 39 lawmakers after the election of Miranda Swaray Goeltom as a Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor in 2004.   

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has only named four former lawmakers, including Dudhie, as suspects in the case, despite mounting public criticism over the fact that the antigraft body has yet to name bribers as suspects.

Nunun’s lawyer Ina Rachman said her client was in Singapore to make regular visits to the Mt. Elizabeth Hospital, where she was treated for amnesia. “[Her condition] may become Alzheimer’s disease.”

Alzheimer’s disease affects mental processes, characterized by memory loss and progressive intellectual impairment.

Ina, who claimed to have been appointed as Nunun’s lawyer since February, said the wife of former National Police deputy chief Adang Daradjatun had been abroad since early 2010.

Maroloan Barimbing, Directorate General of Immigration at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry spokesman said Nunun left the country on Feb. 23. KPK spokesman Johan Budi previously said that the commission had requested the immigration office issue a travel ban on Nunun on March. 24. The ban, however, was only issued a few days later.

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