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Maintaining innocence: Former House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto waves to journalists after he was questioned with regard to an alleged ethics breach by the House ethics council in December 2015
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Maintaining innocence: Former House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto waves to journalists after he was questioned with regard to an alleged ethics breach by the House ethics council in December 2015. On Wednesday, Setya ignored an Attorney Generalâs Office (AGO) summons to appear for questioning in the investigation into his alleged involvement in a suspected conspiracy related to the renegotiation of gold and copper mining firm PT Freeport's mining contract extension. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari) (AGO) summons to appear for questioning in the investigation into his alleged involvement in a suspected conspiracy related to the renegotiation of gold and copper mining firm PT Freeport's mining contract extension. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari)
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span class="caption">Maintaining innocence: Former House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto waves to journalists after he was questioned with regard to an alleged ethics breach by the House ethics council in December 2015. On Wednesday, Setya ignored an Attorney General's Office (AGO) summons to appear for questioning in the investigation into his alleged involvement in a suspected conspiracy related to the renegotiation of gold and copper mining firm PT Freeport's mining contract extension. (thejakartapost.com/Wienda Parwitasari)
Former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto may skip the next summons from the Attorney General's Office's (AGO) for questioning in an investigation into Setya's alleged attempt to use his power to earn shares in gold and copper mining firm PT Freeport Indonesia, a lawyer has said.
Setya's lawyer, Maqdir Ismail, said that for the time being, the Golkar Party politician would not answer any AGO summons for questioning. 'We will skip all AGO summons, though we haven't set a timeframe,' Maqdir told thejakartapost.com on Wednesday afternoon, implying that Setya's refusal to attend the AGO summons would probably be temporary in nature.
On Wednesday, Setya skipped an AGO summons for a questioning relating to Setya's involvement in an alleged conspiracy also implicating tycoon Reza Chalid.
"The basic principle of Pak Novanto's rejection lies in the fact that this summons is not pro-justitia in nature. The investigation is still at a preliminary stage, so we believe we have no obligation to fulfill the summons," Maqdir said.
He insisted that the AGO should instead summon Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said and Freeport president director Maroef Sjamsoeddin.
The AGO has probed Sudirman and Maroef separately.
Earlier on Wednesday, Firman Wijaya, another of Setya's lawyers, said it was likely that the lawmaker would give the AGO written testimony, as he was entitled to do.
Maqdir refused to elaborate on details of the written explanation Setya submitted to the AGO on Wednesday.
A transcript of a recorded conversation between Setya, Maroef and Reza, which was handed by Sudirman to the House's ethics council, suggested that Setya had promised to facilitate the extension of Freeport's mining contract 'set to expire in 2021' provided the company gave 11 percent of its shares to President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and 9 percent to Vice President Jusuf Kalla. (ebf)
