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mid the controversy surrounding the arrest of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Bambang Widjojanto, the National Police have agreed to explain the reasons behind their move.

National Police deputy chief Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti has ordered the police force'€™s detective division chief, Insp. Gen. Budi Waseso, to explain the case to the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Friday.

'€œYes, the detective division chief [Budi] will meet with Komnas HAM on Friday. It has been put into his schedule,'€ National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Ronny F. Sompie told reporters on Wednesday.

The National Police'€™s detective division named Bambang a suspect on Jan. 23, accusing him of ordering a witness to commit perjury at the Constitutional Court in 2010 in a case related to a regional election dispute in West Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan.

Many suspected that Bambang'€™s arrest was a direct response to the KPK'€™s move to name National Police chief nominee Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan a graft suspect, who was newly appointed detective division chief Budi Waseso'€™s superior at the education and training for the high-ranking officer division.

At the time, Badrodin said that he did not know Budi arrested Bambang and there were rumors of Budi being moved to the provost division for his actions. However, the National Police insist that Budi will remain detective division chief.

On Wednesday, several members of Komnas HAM met with Badrodin and other high-ranking generals to discuss Bambang'€™s case for their investigation.

'€œWe told them why we are investigating the case and they explained some rules about making arrests. However, Badrodin has authorized our meeting with Budi on Friday so that he can explain the arrest in detail,'€ Nur Kholis said.

He explained that the team investigating the alleged criminalization against the KPK leaders would complete and submit their report to President Joko '€œJokowi'€ Widodo in seven days.

A coalition of lawyers who regularly conduct legal practices at the Constitutional Court said Bambang'€™s case was not subject to criminal law and that the report should be addressed with the Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi) instead.

'€œLawyers convening witnesses for a briefing before a trial at the Constitutional Court is common practice. It is not meant to encourage witnesses to give false testimonies, but to brief them on how to testify properly during a trial,'€ lawyer Andi Asrun said.

Unlike the KPK, which looks into corruption reports for months or years before declaring someone a suspect, it only took four days for the police to process a criminal report filed by Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Sugianto Sabran.

Bambang'€™s lawyer, Uli Parulian Sihombing, said the arrest was plagued with a number of maladministration, including the failure of the police to state in the detention warrant the specific article of the Criminal Code (KUHP) Bambang had allegedly violated.

Although Bambang said he was sure the case against him had been manipulated, he assured that he would be cooperative.

'€œI obey the law,'€ he said.

Bambang is not the only KPK commissioner facing legal hurdles. The National Police have received police reports against commissioner Adnan Pandu Praja for alleged fraud in 2006 and Abraham Samad for an alleged meeting with several high-ranking political party members during last year'€™s presidential elections.

On Wednesday, a police report filed against commissioner Zulkarnain accused him of receiving bribes during his tenure as East Java'€™s chief prosecutor in 2009.

Ronny said the police were still examining the reports to see whether or not they had any weight to them.