Bareskrim Still Completes Case Files For Djoko Tjandra's Red Notice

Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono (Photo: Police Public Relations)

JAKARTA - Bareskrim Polri investigators are still completing the investigation file in the case of alleged corruption deletion of red notice suspect Djoko Tjandra et al, after being returned by the Attorney General's Office.

Police Public Relations Division Karo Penmas, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono said, currently investigators are still coordinating with the prosecutor at the Attorney General's Office to complete the investigation files.

"At this time investigators are in the coordination stage with the prosecutor to fulfill the instructions from the prosecutor regarding some material and formal deficiencies in the case files to be met immediately," Awi told reporters, Monday, September 14.

The National Police Headquarters previously handed over this file on Thursday, September 3. After being investigated by the investigating prosecutor, the Attorney General's Office was declared incomplete. Thus, Bareskrim will complete this file again.

"The case files we sent in phase 1 have not been declared complete. Then the follow-up is formal and material instructions," said the Director of the Directorate of Corruption Crimes at Bareskrim Polri, Brigadier General Djoko Poerwanto, to reporters, Friday, September 11.

In the case of alleged bribery for the removal of red notices, investigators have named four people as suspects. They were Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte and Brigadier General Prasetyo Utomo who were named suspects because they were suspected of being the recipients of bribes for the removal of red notice.

Both of them were 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, Tommy Sumardi and Djoko Tjandra were named as suspects on suspicion of giving 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.