Inspector General Napoleon's Reason For Responding To Joko Tjandra's Wife's Letter: Serving The Community

Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte at trial at the Corruption Court (Desca Lidya Natalia / ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The former Head of the National Police's International Relations Division, Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte, admitted that he replied to a letter from Joko Tjandra's wife, Anna Boentaran, asking for an explanation regarding her husband's red notice because he wanted to serve the community.

"We mainly serve the public, if someone asks us to serve because there is a request," said Napoleon at the Jakarta Corruption Court (Tipikor), quoted by Antara, Thursday, December 10.

Napoleon became a witness for the defendant convicted in the Bank Bali "cessie" corruption case, Joko Tjandra.

"But Anna Boetaran's letter is worth nothing to us just because she is the wife of a legal subject, there is nothing wrong with informing her," said Napoleon.

Napoleon claimed to have received a letter from Anna Boentaran on April 16, 2020, delivered by Tommy Sumardi, asking for the clarity of Joko Tjandra's "red notice" status to NCB Interpol. Napoleon also checked the Interpol system.

"It turns out that Joko Tjandra's red notice has not been permanently valid since July 10, 2019. Can I explain that the 'red notice' is valid for the first 5 years since its publication, namely on July 10, 2009, meaning that it is completed in July 2014 and if it is not extended by law enforcement officials This is the Prosecutor's Office, which is in the second 5 years, whose name is 'grounded', meaning that Joko Tjandra's name is still on the 'red notice' but can no longer be arrested, "said Napoleon.

According to Napoleon, even if Joko Tjandra roamed the world, Interpol in various countries could not arrest him because there was no request for an extension from the Attorney General's Office.

"So the status of 'red notice' is only as an archive, it can be extended but in fact it is not extended so that 2019 is permanently deleted and cannot be asked for another extension unless a new 'red notice' is requested," explained Napoleon.

At Anna Boentaran's request, it triggered the sending of a letter from NCB Interpol to the Directorate General of Immigration on April 29, 2020.

"The goal is because there was an error regarding the DPO (People Search List) letter for Djoko Tjandra on February 12, 2015 because I never saw Djoko Tjandra joining the DPO at the Attorney General's Office and the National Police. The terms DPO and 'red notice' alone are sometimes misunderstood," he added. Napoleon.

Napoleon admitted to writing to Immigration so that Immigration would not be missed if Djoko Tjandra entered Indonesia.

"We wrote not to let Immigration fail, so what mechanism is needed, but on May 12, 2020, we also wrote to the Prosecutor regarding Djoko Tjandra and answered with a letter on May 13, 2020 that the AGO asked for another extension, even though it couldn't," said Napoleon.

In a meeting on 19 June 2020, NCB Interpol admitted to inviting Immigration and the Prosecutor's Office if they wanted to make a new "red notice" for Joko Tjandra.

"But apparently the requirements are lacking because Immigration does not have the last photo ID because Joko Tjandra entered Indonesia not through the immigration checkpoint," said Napoleon.

In this case, Joko Tjandra was charged with two charges. First, Djoko Tjandra was charged with bribing prosecutor Pinangki Sirna Malasari for 500 thousand Singapore dollars, former Head of the International Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte for 200 thousand Singapore dollars and 270 thousand US dollars and the former Head of the Coordinating and Supervision Bureau (Kakorwas) Civil Service Investigators (PPNS) Bareskrim Polri Brigadier General Prasetijo Utomo worth 150 thousand US dollars.