Chief detective denies KPU chief suspect status

Chief detective Comr. Gen. Sutarman has denied earlier allegations that police have named General Elections Commission (KPU) chief Hafiz Anshary a suspect on fraud charges.

“The police haven’t named anyone a suspect on this case yet. We are still working on it,” Sutarman said Monday as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

The statement was made in response an earlier statement by Attorney General’s Office (AGO) spokesman Noor Rachmad that Anshary was a suspect based on an official police letter.

Abdul and fellow KPU commissioners I Gede Putu Artha, Endang Sulastri, Syamsul Bahri and Abdul Aziz were accused of falsifying a letter verifying the results of the 2009 legislative election for the constituency of West Halmahera, North Maluku.

Earlier, Muhammad Syukur Mandar, a candidate for the seat from the People’s Conscience Partry (Hanura), told the House of Representatives working committee on election fraud that Abdul and his fellow KPU members had given false information to the Constitutional Court on a dispute over the results of a legislative election in the constituency.