Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte's Pretrial Hearing Is Postponed

JAKARTA - The judges at the South Jakarta District Court postponed the pretrial hearing filed by Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon challenged the determination of the suspect in the case of alleged bribery for the removal of red notice for Djoko Tjandra.

Attorney General Napoleon Bonaparte, Gunawan Raka, said that the trial was postponed with the agenda of reading the lawsuit because the defendant was not present at the trial.

"The trial did not proceed as it should be because the defendant did not attend the initial examination," Guntur told reporters, Monday, September 21.

However, the reason behind the absence of the National Police representative at the trial is not yet known. The judge decided that the trial would continue on Monday, September 28.

"So that a single judge gives the opportunity to the defendant, namely the Police as the defendant, within a grace period of one week starting today," he said.

The pretrial petition, said Gunawan, was filed about two weeks ago. The application is registered with the number 115 / Pid.Pra / 2020 / PN JKT.SEL.

"We submitted a pre-trial on Wednesday, September 2," he said.

In this case, Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte was named a suspect who was suspected of being the recipient of the bribe along with Brigadier General Prasetyo Utomo. They are charged with Article 5 Paragraph 2, Article 11 and Article 12 letters a and b of Law Number 20 of 2020 concerning Corruption (Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, the other suspects, namely, Tommy Sumardi and Djoko Tjandra. They were named as suspects on suspicion of grafting bribes. Both of them were charged under Article 5 Paragraph 1, Article 13 of Law 20/2020 concerning Corruption (Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.

In the bribery case, investigators confiscated US $ 20 thousand, cellphones, including CCTV as evidence.

Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte, through his lawyer, once denied receiving money from Djoko Tjandra regarding the removal of red notice. Napoleon admitted that he was not involved in the case of Djoko Tjandra's alleged bribery.

"I am representing General Napoleon speaking today, General Napoleon Bonaparte firmly that General Napoleon Bonaparte never received money or goods as has been reported either from Tommy Sumardi, either from Brigadier General Prasetyo Utomo or from Djoko S Tjandra, especially from other parties. "said Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte's lawyer, Gunawan Raka to reporters, Thursday, August 27.

Gunawan emphasized that Inspector General Napoleon never took care of Djoko Tjandra's red notice while serving in the National Police's International Relations Division. According to him, the red notice on behalf of Djoko Tjandra has been removed from the IPSG Interpol Secretariat General located in Lyon, France, since 11 July 2014.

The removal of the red notice is said to be due to no request for an extension of time from the Government of Indonesia to Interpol. So that automatically red notice on behalf of Djoko S Tjandra is deleted.