Inspector General Napoleon Called The Meeting With Tommy Sumardi Blessed By Kabareskrim, Polri: No Legal Facts

Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte (Photo: Rizky / VOI)

JAKARTA - The National Police has denied the statement made by Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte, who said that his meeting with Tommy Sumardi was blessed by the Head of Criminal Investigation, Komjen Listyo Sigit Prabowo. This is because the information was not there during the examination process.

Napoleon made this statement when giving testimony as a witness in the trial of the alleged bribery case for the removal of red notice Joko S. Tjandra, on Tuesday, November 24.

"The legal facts are not there (in the Investigation Minutes)," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono, to reporters, Wednesday, November 25.

Awi said, if the statement from Inspector General Napoleon was claimed to be the truth, there should be evidence or witnesses to substantiate it. But this subject doesn't exist at all so it is just a baseless statement.

"If there are legal facts, there must be witnesses, there are these, like that. Same (as) we make a legal construction," he said.

For this reason, Awi asked all parties to attend the trial in full or until it was completed. So, all facts will be revealed with strong and valid evidence.

"That's why I said listen to the end of the trial. Don't comment too much first, look at the facts," he said.

Previously, Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte had mentioned that Tommy Sumardi had visited his office in April 2020. At that time, Tommy told him that he had close ties with Kabareskrim.

"The defendant (Tommy) said this was not my language, but the language of the defendant, telling him his closeness, that to my place was with the blessing of the Head of Criminal Investigation of the Police," said Napoleon.