Bareskrim Checks Immigration Officials Regarding Red Notice Djoko Tjandra

Djoko Tjandra (Photo: Wardhani Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - Investigators from the General Crime Directorate (Dit Tipidum) Bareskrim summoned witnesses from the Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) regarding the alleged removal of Djoko Tjandra's red notice.

"The Directorate General of Immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights at 10:00 WIB in Subdit 5 was examined as a witness regarding the revocation of the red notice of Joko Soegiarto Tjandra (Djoko Tjandra)," said the Director of General Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Ferdy Sambo, to VOI, Wednesday, August 19.

However, Bareskrim did not specify who the witness from the Immigration element was questioned today. This includes suspects for whom the immigration authorities are asked for information.

It's just that in this case the police have named four people as suspects. They are Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte and Brigadier General Prasetyo Utomo. They are suspected of being the recipients of bribes for red notice removal.

Both of them are pursued by Article 5 Paragraph 2, Article 11 and Article 12 letters a and b of Law Number 20 of 2020 concerning Corruption Crime (Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile two other people are bribes. They are Djoko Tjandra and Tomi Sumardi. Both of them were charged under Article 5 Paragraph 1, Article 13 of Law 20/2020 concerning Corruption Crime (Tipikor) in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.

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

"There is evidence of 20 thousand USD and there is a letter, there is a cellphone, there is a laptop, there is CCTV as evidence," said Head of Public Relations of the National Police, Inspector General Argo Yuwono.