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View all search resultsKPK to appeal to Supreme Court
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has decided to appeal to the Supreme Court in connection with the recent controversial decision of the South Jakarta District Court that invalidated the KPKâs move to name Comr
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has decided to appeal to the Supreme Court in connection with the recent controversial decision of the South Jakarta District Court that invalidated the KPK's move to name Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan a suspect.
KPK spokesperson Priharsa Nugraha confirmed on Friday that the decision was made after an internal meeting held by the commission's structural leaders and a consultation with legal experts.
A number of experts, including Denny Indrayana, Saldi Isra, Refly Harun and Zainal Arifin Muchtar, were of the same opinion that the commission could not comply with the court's decision to lift Budi's suspect status and recommended that the KPK report it to the Supreme Court or appeal to the court.
Sarpin Rizaldi, the lone judge presiding over Budi's hearing at the South Jakarta District Court, invalidated the KPK's move to name Budi a graft suspect on the basis that Budi was not a law enforcer or a public official when the case occurred, and because the case did not cause public unrest or state losses.
The KPK named Budi a suspect based on the allegation that he accepted a huge amount of money from a businesswoman when he was head of the police's Career Development Bureau from 2004 to 2006.
Budi's suspect status was declared on Jan. 13, a day before he underwent a confirmation hearing before the House of Representatives' Commission III on legal affairs, on his nomination as the new police chief. (rms)
