The President summoned the two officials shortly after he arrived from a five-day foreign visit.

'€œI have just been briefed by the attorney general and National Police chief on the issue surrounding Susno'€™s sentence that has been in the spotlight over the last several days,'€ Yudhoyono told a press conference after the meeting.

'€œMy instructions to both of them were short: enforce the law as fair and as appropriately as possible,'€ he added.

The President further said, '€œPeople always want the law enforced and justice upheld. They want the government, including police and prosecutors, to carry out their jobs properly. That'€™s what I told them. The rest will be explained by the National Police chief and the attorney general.'€

Both Timur and Basrief, who accompanied the President at the press briefing, declined to comment.

'€œWe will reschedule [putting Susno in prison]. We'€™ll see,'€ said Basrief when asked when Susno would be taken to prison.

He did not respond when asked about Susno'€™s whereabouts.

Susno remains free despite the Supreme Court upholding in November last year a guilty verdict with a three-and-a-half-year prison term for graft. (ebf)

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