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President `unmoved' by Susno's wife's letter
JAKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has refused a request to defend former National Police chief detective Comr
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AKARTA: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has refused a request to defend former National Police chief detective Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji, who is in legal trouble after the Police detained him on charges of accepting a Rp 500 million (US$55.000) bribe from an aquarium fish company.
The request filed by Susno's wife Herawati was read by Yudhoyono and First Lady Kristiani Herawati Yudhoyono, according to presidential expert staff for legal affairs Denny Indrayana.
"Mrs. Susno Duadji basically requested the protection and fair treatment of her husband. The President, in response to this, has asked law enforcers to maintain fairness; not only in Susno's case, but also in others'," Denny said.
"The President will not intervene in the legal process. He always respects it and has asked people around him to do the same," he added.
Herawati sent the letter to the President and the First Lady after the police named her husband a suspect Monday.
Susno is a whistle blower, who has revealed names at the National Police allegedly involved in fraud and bribery cases, since he was dismissed as chief detective late last year. - JP
