Police Fail To Forcibly Pick Up Expert Staff Of Jember Regent M Djamil, Suspect Of Corruption, Police Say Prioritize Relationship

Jember Police Investigators went to the house of the suspected corruption case to carry out a forced pick-up, Thursday (4/8/2022) night. ANTARA/HO-Jember Police

JEMBER - Jember Resort Police investigators failed to forcefully pick up the suspected corruption suspect in the funeral honorarium for COVID-19, M. Djamil at the Jember housing complex, East Java.

Jember Police investigators summoned MD as a suspect for questioning at the local Police Headquarters, but the suspect ignored both calls on the grounds of filing a pretrial lawsuit at the Jember District Court.

"We are only carrying out the efforts and investigation mechanisms that have been regulated by the Criminal Procedure Code and with efforts to promote friendship," said Jember Police Criminal Investigation Unit Head, Commissioner Adjutant Dika Hardiyan Wiratama as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, August 4.

Six members of the Jember Police investigators tried to visit MD's house in a residential area in Kaliwates District, Jember Regency. However, the house looked empty and quiet, even though several times the police knocked on the gate of MD's house, there was no answer.

"The forced pick-up is an effort and investigation mechanism that has been regulated in Article 112 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Procedure Code which explains that people who can be forcibly picked up are suspects or witnesses," he said.

He explained that the police also asked for the help of the security guard and the head of the local Neighborhood Unit to pick up suspect M. Djamil, but the person concerned did not open the door," he said.

Furthermore, efforts were also made to contact his lawyer to help communicate with the suspect to fulfill the investigator's summons as a suspect.

Meanwhile, MD's legal team, Purcarhyono Juliatmoko, said that his client filed a pretrial lawsuit at the Jember District Court and the trial was scheduled to be held on August 15, 2022.

"We filed a pretrial lawsuit regarding the invalidity of the determination of our client's suspect, so the examination process at the Jember Police must be rescheduled after the final decision of the pretrial single judge at the Jember District Court," he said.

It was previously reported that the expert staff of the Jember Regent M. Djamil who was named a suspect in the case of cutting the funeral honorarium for COVID-19 Jember submitted a pretrial application to the Jember District Court, East Java.

"We filed a pretrial lawsuit regarding the invalidity of our client M. Djamil's determination of the suspect," said M. Djamil's attorney, P. Juliatmoko, as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, August 3.

According to him, the decision of the Constitutional Court No. 21/PUU-XII/2014 adds the object of pretrial in the provisions of Article 77 of the Criminal Procedure Code, so that the object of pretrial is expanded to include whether or not the determination of a suspect is legal, whether or not a search is legal and whether or not a confiscation is legal.

"The determination of the suspect must be based on at least two pieces of evidence as contained in Article 184 of the Criminal Procedure Code and accompanied by an examination of the prospective suspect," he said.

He said the determination of a suspect to a person is closely related to the feasibility and tranquility of a person's right to a comfortable life and related to their human rights.

"On that basis, we submitted a pretrial lawsuit to the Jember District Court, so that the examination process at the Jember Police must be rescheduled after the final decision of the pretrial single judge at the local District Court," he said.