Police: Brigadier General Nugroho Wibowo And Inspector General Napoleon Bonaparte Not Involved In Revoking Djoko Tjandra's Red Notice

Head of Police Public Relations Division, Inspector General Argo Yuwono (Rizky Adytia Pramana / VOI)

JAKARTA - The National Police confirmed that Brigadier General Nugroho Wibowo and Inspector General Napoleon Bonarpate were not involved in the revocation of a fugitive red notice for the cessie corruption case (claim rights) of Bank Bali, Djoko Tjandra.

The Head of the Public Relations Division of the National Police, Inspector General Argo Yuwono, said that the mistakes of the two Generals were only violating Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) which should have been carried out. Thus, it was decided to impose ethical sanctions.

"We have several SOPs in the administration that were not carried out by Brigadier General Nugroho and Kadiv Hubinter (Inspector General Napoleon), so that is what is concerned with being given ethics there," said Argo at the Senayan Shoot Field, Jakarta, Wednesday, July 22.

In addition, he said, the revocation of red notice had nothing to do with the Police. Because, the revocation was carried out by Interpol in Lyon, France.

He said, there was a correspondence with Immigration regarding this red notice. However, this is not related to the red notice revocation process. Instead, deliver information or notification about red notice that has been deleted.

"I already explained that there was correspondence. Yesterday the letter from Mr. Ses NCB conveyed to immigration (about) this red notice has been deleted," said Argo.

On a previous occasion, Argo said that Djoko Tjanera's red notice status was automatically removed from Interpol's National Central Bureaus (NCB) because the validity period had expired, and there was no request for an extension from the Attorney General's Office.

He detailed, the beginning of the issuance of red notice in 2009 and is valid for 5 years. So that in 2014 it runs out and the system will automatically remove Djoko Tjandra's name from the Interpol wanted list.

"Delete by system in accordance with article number 51 in Interpol rules processing of data, article 51 in article 51 has written delete automatic there," said Argo in Jakarta, Friday, July 17.

Meanwhile, Djoko Tjandra is a fugitive in the case of transfer of rights which resulted in the replacement of Bank Bali creditors worth Rp904 billion which was handled by the Attorney General's Office.

The Attorney General's Office detained Joko Tjandra from 29 September 1999 to August 2000. However, a judge at the South Jakarta District Court ruled that he was acquitted of charges because his actions were not criminal but civil.

In addition, the AGO submitted a PK against Djoko's case to the Supreme Court in October 2008. Finally, the panel of judges sentenced Djoko Tjandra to two years in prison and had to pay Rp. 15 million. Joko's money in Bank Bali Rp.546.166 billion was seized by the state.