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View all search resultsNo need to treat Novel's case as criminalizing KPK: PDI-P
A member of the House of Representatives (DPR) from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Ahmad Basarah, is saying that the recent arrest of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan by the police should be looked at from the legal point of view
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member of the House of Representatives (DPR) from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Ahmad Basarah, is saying that the recent arrest of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan by the police should be looked at from the legal point of view.
The member of the House' Commission III overseeing legal affairs said that neither anti-corruption activists nor the KPK leaders should respond gratuitously to Novel's capture on Friday.
'There is no need to politicize this case, nor to exacerbate new political conflicts. There is no need to call it a 'criminalization' of the KPK,' Ahmad said on Saturday as quoted by kompas.com.
However, he added that the National Police must also respect the legal point of view if a member of the force runs into legal trouble and is apprehended by the KPK and that it must prove solidly that Novel was guilty in this case.
Ahmad, who is also PDI-P deputy secretary-general, asked the police to process the case in a transparent manner and added that they should release Novel if they found nothing implicating the former police detective in this case.
Novel was apprehended by the police at the early hours of Friday morning in connection with an alleged 2004 torture and assault case that took place when he was serving as chief of detectives with the Bengkulu Police.
The National Police Criminal Investigation Division (Bareskrim) has been targeting Novel since he started an investigation into alleged corruption connected to the procurement of driving simulators at the National Police Traffic Police Corps (Korlantas) involving the then chief Insp. Gen. Djoko Susilo in 2012. (dyl/nvn) (++++)
