Aryanti seeking police clarification, protection<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): After suffering a recent campaign of terror
\naimed at her and her family, Aryanti Sitepu, the housewife who
\nallegedly had an extramarital affair with President Abdurrahman
\nWahid, requested police protection on Monday.<\/p>\n
Her lawyers went to the Jakarta Police Headquarters, asking
\nthe police to provide protection for her and clarify her status
\nin the case.<\/p>\n
\"Our client and her family have received threats either by
\nphone or by people who directly came to their house,\" lawyer
\nAhmad Yani told reporters at the police headquarters.<\/p>\n
Ahmad, however, did not elaborate about the form of the
\nthreats.<\/p>\n
He said that some men, who claimed to be police officers from
\nthe City Police, had also come to Aryanti's residence in East
\nBekasi showing a letter they claimed to be a police summons and
\nasking questions.<\/p>\n
\"But they never left the letter. Our client and her family did
\nnot know whether it was really a police summons,\" Ahmad said.<\/p>\n
The lawyer also said that Aryanti received a call on her
\ncellular phone on Saturday supposedly from the auto theft and
\nvice unit of the City Police, asking her to come to the police
\nheadquarters on Monday for questioning.<\/p>\n
\"We come here today to ask for clarification from the police
\n(about the summons) because we haven't received an official
\nletter about the summons,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Abdurrahman's alleged extramarital affair with Aryanti became
\na hot discussion point among legislators in the final days of the
\n12-day Annual Session of the People's Consultative Assembly last
\nmonth.<\/p>\n
The story became headlines in several of the country's media
\nlast week, after Aryanti, who currently lives with her second
\nhusband, revealed her alleged affair with the President to a
\nJakarta-based magazine.<\/p>\n
In an interview with the media, Aryanti claimed to have met
\nwith the President in 1995, when she was still married to her
\nfirst husband, at several locations in Bali and Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The authenticity of a picture showing Aryanti, who was dressed
\nin a nightgown while sitting on Abdurrahman's lap, has also been
\na hot discussion point among the public.<\/p>\n
Ahmad said that his client would be ready for questioning if
\nthe police really did issue her with a summons.<\/p>\n
\"But we want to know what the case is. Is it a defamation or a
\ncomplaint. If it's a complaint, who has filed the report,\" Ahmad
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Despite the growing calls for the President to clarify the
\nmatter, Abdurrahman has yet to make a comment on the alleged
\naffair.<\/p>\n
Ahmad claimed that his client had not committed a crime.<\/p>\n
\"There's no regulation in this country, which prohibits
\nsomebody to tell the story of his or her life,\" Ahmad said.<\/p>\n
Ahmad and his team, however, failed to meet Jakarta Police
\nchief Insp. Gen. Nurfaizi.<\/p>\n
Ahmad said that a staff member at the City Police said
\nNurfaizi could not meet the lawyers because he was at a meeting.
\n(jaw)<\/p>",
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