Pre-trial Rejected, Inspector General Napoleon Has Not Determined Next Steps

JAKARTA - The team of attorneys for Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte has not yet decided on a legal step after the panel of judges rejected the pretrial case regarding the determination of the suspect in the case of Joko Tjandra's red notice revocation.

"We will study (first) because the copy of the decision has not been obtained. Some of the facts that have been revealed are also not taken into consideration," said member of the lawyer for Inspector General Napoleon, Gunawan Raka, to reporters at the South Jakarta District Court, Tuesday, October 6.

Gunawan said, some of the materials that were left untouched during the pretrial hearing were proof. However, the material was not touched because it was included in the subject matter.

"There is a lot of material about evidence but it is not included here such as proof of evidence, cases of accusations of bribery, evidence cannot be here because it is not included in the authority of the pretrial panel of judges," he explained.

Previously it was reported, the panel of judges rejected the pretrial charge of Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte regarding the determination of the suspect in the case of alleged bribery for the removal of red notice Joko Tjandra.

The judge considered that the appointment of Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte as a suspect was legal and in accordance with applicable legal procedures.

"Refusing the petitioner's pretrial completely. Second, charging the court fee of nil," said Judge Suharno at the trial.

As for the previous trial with the agenda of reading the petition, Inspector General Napoleon asked the panel of judges to decide that the suspect's determination against him was invalid and null and void.

Attorney General Napoleon, Putri Maya Rumanti, said the defendant's determination of the suspect, namely Bareskrim Polri, was not based on sufficient evidence. So, it is considered that it needs to be tested further on this matter.

"The Petitioner also believes that until now investigators do not have evidence of bribery as is suspected in the criminal articles that are included in the investigation warrant," Putri said at the hearing, Monday, September 28.

In addition, Putri said, her client did not accept bribes or promises from anyone regarding the removal of red notices. For this reason, his client decided to file a pretrial lawsuit.

"The Petitioners have never received bribes or promises of any kind related to red notice on behalf of Joko S Tjandra," he said.

On the other hand, the Bareskrim Polri legal team believes that Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte commits the crime of alleged bribery so that he is named a suspect. He has an agreement in return worth IDR 7 billion related to the elimination of Joko Tjandra's red notice when he was still a fugitive in the Bank Bali collection rights case.

"The fact of the petition's deed is that after a meeting an agreement was made about an amount that was originally Rp. 3 billion which was finally agreed upon to be Rp. 7 billion," said a member of the Bareskrim legal team.

In fact, Bareskrim asserted that it had proof that Inspector General Napoleon had received the money. This evidence includes witness testimony and other documentary evidence.

"CCTV evidence clearly saw the money being handed over to the applicant. The handover of the money has implications for making decisions that are more favorable to the bribe giver," he said.

In the case of alleged red notice of bribery, Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte was named a suspect suspected of being the recipient of the bribe. 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.