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National scene: Denny looks for help in graft case
Former law and human rights deputy minister Denny Indrayana has requested the police question a University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) criminal law expert in a bid to clear his name in a graft case involving the Law and Human Rights Ministryâs online passport payment system
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ormer law and human rights deputy minister Denny Indrayana has requested the police question a University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) criminal law expert in a bid to clear his name in a graft case involving the Law and Human Rights Ministry's online passport payment system.
Denny told reporters on Wednesday that he wanted the police to summon Eddy OS Hiariej to get his opinion on whether or not Denny had violated any laws when he first launched the 'payment gateway' system last year.
'Professor Eddy will be summoned as an expert witness as he has followed the case closely,' he said after a five-hour questioning at the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta.
The online passport payment service was launched on July 14 last year when Denny served as deputy minister. It was suddenly halted in October after it was discovered that the ministry had yet to authorize the start of the project.
Police have accused Denny of abusing his power by directly appointing two online service providers, PT Nusa Satu Inti Artha and PT Finnet Indonesia, to run the payment system.
Police also alleged that Denny had authorized the two companies to open a single bank account where funds from the payment gateway were to be deposited before being transferred to the state treasury.
The project cost Rp 32 billion (US$2.4 million), which the police consider a state loss.
