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G
raft defendant Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo said the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had no right to seize assets obtained before the enactment of the 2010 Money Laundering Law.
His lawyers told a court hearing on Tuesday that under the previous Money Laundering Law, the KPK was not authorized to investigate money laundering cases. “Under the 2002 law, the institutions authorized to handle money laundering cases are the National Police and the Attorney General’s Office [AGO],” Hotma Sitompul, one of the lawyers, said.
The prosecutors said that Djoko allegedly collected a handsome Rp 54 billion (US$5.5 million) in assets prior to 2010, while his salaries from his various positions with the police, such as North Jakarta Police chief and the Jakarta Police Traffic Unit head, ranged from Rp 40 million to Rp 90 million per year. The KPK has seized many of his assets during the investigation.
“How could the prosecutors conclude that Djoko’s assets were obtained illicitly while the KPK did not investigate money laundering cases from 2002 to 2010?” the lawyers said.
