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Ex-KPK chief released by police
The South and West Sulawesi Police released former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Abraham Samad on Tuesday evening following a brief detention
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he South and West Sulawesi Police released former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Abraham Samad on Tuesday evening following a brief detention.
'Pak Abraham was asked to sign the arrest warrant but we refused to do so. The police decided to release him,' Samad's lawyer, Liliana Santosa, said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Samad was detained by the police after being grilled for hours in a forgery case, with KPK leaders immediately petitioning National Police chief Gen. Badrodin Haiti for his release.
Deputy KPK chairman Johan Budi said the commission's leaders had been taken aback to learn that the National Police had detained Abraham, since the latter had cooperated fully with police investigators.
The police named him a suspect for document forgery not long after the KPK named Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan a graft suspect following his nomination by President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo as a candidate for National Police chief. The South Jakarta District Court annulled the KPK's decision and Budi was subsequently appointed deputy police chief.
Last Thursday, the KPK persuaded the National Police not to detain another former KPK commissioner, Bambang Widjojanto, who, along with Abraham, was pivotal in the decision to name Budi a suspect in a bribery case in January. Acting KPK chairman Taufiequrachman Ruki, a retired police general, personally convinced Badrodin to release Bambang. (*****)
