The KPK Asks Yulce Wenda-Astract Bona To Talk Directly To Investigators If They Reject To Be Corruption Witnesses, Lukas Enembe

Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri/ANTARA

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has asked the wives and children of the Governor of Papua, Lukas Enembe, Yulce Wenda and Astract Bona Timoramo Enembe to convey directly to investigators about the refusal to witness. Head of the KPK News Section, Ali Fikri, stated that the wife and child of Lukas Enembe were legally allowed to refuse to be witnesses. However, that does not mean they do not want to attend the summons. "Witnesses may resign when examined for suspects who still have family relations. However, that does not mean that they do not want to attend because the presence of witnesses is a legal obligation," he said in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Monday, October 10. The KPK responded regarding the wife and child of Lukas Enembe who gave a letter of refusal to become a witness in the investigation into the alleged bribery and gratification case related to work or projects sourced from the Papua Province APBD that ensnared Lukas Enembe as a suspect. "So investigators will definitely consider, when witnesses fulfill the summons, this is a form of compliance with the law," he said. In addition, the KPK also confirmed that the summons for Lukas Enembe's wife and child was also for another suspect. "So we hope that the person concerned is cooperative and present according to the schedule, time and place in the summons that we have conveyed properly," he said. According to him, if both of them do not know anything about the case, they are welcome to convey it directly before investigators, not by other parties. "With this cooperative attitude, the law enforcement process becomes faster, more effective, and more efficient. The KPK also ensures that in handling this case, we uphold the principle of presumption of innocence," he said. Previously, the legal team and the advocacy of the Governor of Papua who acted as attorneys for the wife and children of Lukas Enembe visited the KPK's Red and White Building, Jakarta, Monday to submit a letter of refusal or resignation as a witness. According to Petrus Bala Pattyona as a member of the legal team, both of them are the wife and child of Lukas Enembe so that they can refuse or resign as witnesses because of the law as regulated in Article 35 of Law Number 31/999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption. Previously, the wife and child of Lukas Enembe did not attend the summons of KPK investigators without confirming that they would be examined as witnesses at the KPK's Red and White Building, Jakarta, last Wednesday, October 5.