Bareskrim Called Deal Remove Red Notice Joko Tjandra Rp. 7 Billion, Inspector General Napoleon: Where's The Money?

JAKARTA - Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte has denied making an agreement on the price for the removal of Joko Tjandra's red notice with Tommy Sumardi of IDR 7 billion.

This was in response to the statement by the National Police's Criminal Investigation Team at the pretrial hearing that Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte and Tommy Sumardi agreed to remove Joko Tjandra's red notice worth Rp. 7 billion.

However, this rebuttal was not delivered directly by Inspector General Napoleon. This denial was conveyed by Napoleon's lawyer, Gunawan Raka.

"Those are negotiations from Tommy, PU (Prasetyo Utomo), Joko S. Tjandra. I don't want to respond. That's what he said," Gunawan told reporters, Tuesday, September 29.

However, Gunawan challenged Bareskrim to bring proof of the money. This is because so far his client has never accepted bribes in any form.

"So like this, when it comes to money, bring it here. I don't want to respond. For narration, story, oh, I don't want to respond. Where's the money? That's all," he said.

Previously, the Bareskrim Polri legal team conveyed a number of reasons behind the determination of the suspect against Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte. One of them is a matter of evidence if the applicant agrees to remove Joko S. Tjandra's red notice with a wage of Rp. 7 billion.

The agreement was made between Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte and Tommy Sumardi who was also a suspect in the case. At the beginning of the agreement for the processing of red notice it was only Rp. 3 billion.

"The facts of the petition's actions are after a meeting of an agreement on the amount that was originally Rp. 3 billion, which was finally agreed upon to be Rp. 7 billion," said a Bareskrim attorney at the trial, Tuesday, September 29.

In a meeting that took place on April 13, 2020, it was agreed that payments will be made in US dollars and Singapore dollars.

In this case, Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte was named a suspect suspected of being the recipient of bribes. He was 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.

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