Inspector General Napoleon Will Open Up At The Trial Joko Tjandra, Polri: Even Good, Bright

Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte (DOK. VOI / Rizky Adytia Pramana)

JAKARTA - The National Police was reluctant to respond to Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte's statement that he would 'open' the case of Joko Tjandra's alleged red notice bribery at trial. However, the National Police said that if Napoleon's statement was realized in court.

"We do not need to respond to that. Go ahead (open up), because it has been delegated to the prosecutor, all authority is in the prosecutor," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division Brigadier General Awi Setiyono to reporters, Monday, October 19.

Awi said that the National Police would welcome Inspector General Napoleon to reveal the facts that had occurred in the trial. From there, Awi said the case could be clearer.

"It's okay to open up in court, in fact it's good to be bright," said Awi.

Inspector General Napoleon previously stated that he was ready to face the case that caught him. In fact, he claims to be open-minded in the trial later.

Napoleon made this statement when investigators from the Directorate of Corruption Crime (Dittipikor), Bareskrim Polri, transferred stage 2 to the South Jakarta District Prosecutor's Office, on Friday, October 16.

"There's a time, there's a play date, we'll open everything later," said Napoleon.

In the case of alleged bribery for the removal of red notices, investigators have named four people as suspects. They act as recipients and givers.

Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte and Brigadier General Prasetyo Utomo were named as 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.