Three TNI members named suspects in traveler’s checks case

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has named three of its members as suspects in the case of traveler’s checks allegedly distributed to influence the election of a senior Central Bank official.

“They are already suspects and currently having their dossiers looked into,” TNI spokesperson Rear Admiral Iskandar Sitompul said on Monday, as quoted by
Tempointeraktif.com.

Iskandar said the three members have been detained at the Cimanggis Military Detention Center.

“They are suspected of receiving bribes when they were still active as TNI members, so the trial will be carried out in a military court,” he said.

Iskandar added that no suspected bribe payer have been named in the case.

The traveler’s checks case revolves around the campaign to elect Miranda Goeltom as Senior Deputy Governor of Bank Indonesia in 2004.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested 24 who were accused of accepting bribes to support Miranda s bid.

Udju Djuhaeri from the military/police faction has already been declared guilty of receiving bribes.