Komjak Will Examine High-ranking AGO Officials Regarding Djoko Tjandra

Attorney General's Office Building (Photo: Kejaksaan.go.id)

JAKARTA - The Prosecutor's Commission has received information that a senior Attorney General's office has communicated with Djoko Tjandra when he was still a fugitive.

The head of the Prosecutor's Commission, Barita Simanjuntak, said that his party would confirm this with the AGO officials. "Yes (we will confirm, red)," said Barita to VOI, Jakarta, Thursday, August 13.

Unfortunately Barita did not want to reveal who the top prosecutor was. It's just that, he said, the clarification was a follow-up to the report from the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI).

"On that basis, of course we will follow up on the report whether it is true or not by asking for clarification," said Barita.

As for the case of Djoko Tjandra's escape, the Attorney General's Office has named Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari as a suspect. He was made a suspect because he was suspected of accepting a bribe from Djoko Tjandra. Currently Pinangki has been detained.

Meanwhile, MAKI visited the Prosecutor's Commission on Tuesday, August 11. His visit was intended to provide information about the involvement of Attorney General officials in the Djoko Tjandra case.

The involvement in question is the existence of communication via telephone between the high ranking official of the Attorney General's Office and Djoko Tjandra. So, MAKI asked the Prosecutor's Commission to trace the discussion in the communication.