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Titi Yusniwati, the wife of disgraced police officer Adj
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T
iti Yusniwati, the wife of disgraced police officer Adj. Sr. Comr. Idha Endri Prastiono, has been charged with money laundering and corruption for allegedly conspiring with her husband to take over assets belonging to a drug trafficker.
Idha, a West Kalimantan Police officer, was detained in Malaysia over his alleged involvement in an international drug trafficking ring.
National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Agus Rianto said on Thursday that Titi had been taken into custody on Monday over suspicions of money laundering.
'His wife will be indicted for money-laundering and corruption in relation to the officer's crimes,' Agus said in Jakarta.
A preliminary investigation found that Titi had allegedly attempted to take over the ownership of a plot of land in Kubu Raya regency, West Kalimantan, belonging to convicted drug trafficker Abdul Haris. Haris and his Malaysian accomplices, Chiew Yem Khuan, alias Aciu, and Lau Ting Hee, alias Alau, were arrested by Idha last year while the latter was serving on the police's drug crime division.
West Kalimantan Police chief Brig. Gen. Arief Sulistyanto confirmed that Haris had agreed to hand over his land in return for Idha's assistance.
'At the time, Haris was under pressure and sought a lenient sentence. [Idha and his wife] took this opportunity,' he told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
During police interrogation, Titi maintained that the land purchase was lawful and as proof presented a receipt, which turned out to be bogus.
