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Police to question five 'witnesses' in slander report on Novel
While the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is proceeding with an internal ethics inquiry into its police-affiliate investigation chief, Brig. Gen. Aris Budiman, the Jakarta Police has summoned five individuals in its investigation into defamation charges that Aris has filed against KPK senior investigator Novel Baswedan.
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Showing solidarity: Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) activists stage a performance in front of the anti-graft body's headquarters on Aug. 9. The street performance indicated the ICW's concern on the unresolved case of the acid attack against KPK senior investigator Novel Baswedan. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
While the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is proceeding with an internal ethics inquiry into its police-affiliate investigation chief, Brig. Gen. Aris Budiman, the Jakarta Police has summoned five individuals in its investigation into defamation charges that Aris has filed against KPK senior investigator Novel Baswedan.
The police has summoned the five witnesses from the KPK in connection with a report Aris filed against Novel, in which he accuses the senior investigator of circulating a slanderous statement by email in the KPK employees association. Novel chairs the association.
Jakarta Police Special Crimes head Sr. Comr. Adi Deriyan said on Thursday that the five KPK investigators who were summoned were aware of Nove's email, which criticized the system for recruiting police officers as KPK investigators.
“A few of the witnesses received the email, while the others knew about the email when Aris discussed its content with them,” Adi said, adding that two of the five witnesses had been summoned on Thursday.
Adi dismissed speculations that the investigation into Aris’ report intended to divert the public’s attention from Novel, the ongoing investigation into the acid attack against him, and the e-ID case. Novel was the key KPK investigator in the e-ID scandal, which has implicated several top government officials, including House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto.
As of Thursday, two reports had been filed against Novel: Aris's report and another by the National Police's deputy director of corruption, Sr. Comr. Erwanto Kurniadi. (rdi)
