Lukas Enembe's Attorney Continues To Be Grateful Even Though Jokowi Has Asked For Fulfillment Of The KPK's Call

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JAKARTA - The number one person in this country, President Jokowi, asked Papua Governor Lukas Enembe to fulfill the KPK's summons. But Lukas Enembe, through his attorney, kept trying to avoid the summons.

The attorney for the Governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe, Stefanus Roy Rening, admitted that he respected Jokowi's request for his client to fulfill the KPK's summons regarding the alleged bribery case and project gratuities sourced from the Papua APBD.

"We respect what the President hopes for, we respect that the President has begun to pay attention to this case," Roy said during a press conference at the Papua Provincial Government Liaison Office in South Jakarta, Monday, September 26.

However, he continued, he is currently waiting for Lukas Enembe's health condition to improve so that he can undergo an examination by the KPK.

"We also want to convey to Mr. President Jokowi that Mr. (Lukas Enembe) is sick and how we are looking for a solution to cure the disease first, then we will enter the investigation stage," he explained.

He explained that Lukas Enembe's health condition, who suffered a number of history of illness, had to undergo treatment in Singapore, including a stroke that had attacked the Governor of Papua four times.

"Mr. Lukas has symptoms of kidney disease, there is a heart condition of heart leak, he has a heart leak from a child and he has diabetes, high blood pressure," he said.

He was worried that if he did not get adequate health treatment, his client's condition would worsen and he would not be able to undergo a KPK examination.

"Making him a fifth stroke and our goal has not been achieved, he cannot be examined. The goal is to be examined, to be examined, people must be healthy, if people are not healthy, what are they going to do?" he said.

Therefore, Roy offered a solution so that the KPK Doctors Team met with the Papua Governor's Private Doctors Team in Jayapura to check Lukas Enembe's health condition and directly check the truth.

"Our KPK doctors and personal doctors both went to see you, what do these two doctors think. If for example this can be questioned, Praise God, do it. If you can't, we'll wait until he's healthy. That's all, this is a health matter, not another matter," said Roy.

President Jokowi asked Papua Governor Lukas Enembe to respect the summons from the KPK to undergo an examination related to cases of alleged bribery and project gratuities sourced by the Papuan APBD.

"I have conveyed that everyone respects the KPK's summons and respects the legal process at the KPK. Everything," said President Jokowi at the Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base Ops Base Halim, Jakarta, Monday.

The President said that all Indonesian citizens (WNI) have the same position in the eyes of the law.

"I think the legal process at the KPK must all be respected. Everything is the same in the eyes of the law," said the President.