Former attorney general denies promise to informant<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
A lawyer for former attorney general Marzuki Darusman denied on
\nTuesday his client had provided a written guarantee that Endin
\nWahyudin, who blew the whistle on alleged bribery in the Supreme
\nCourt, would win any defamation suits brought against him as a
\nresult of his action.<\/p>\n
\"My client never gave such a guarantee to Endin Wahyudin,\"
\nChairunisa Jafizham said after attending the hearing of a suit
\nfiled by Endin with the South Jakarta District Court.<\/p>\n
In the suit, Endin accuses former Supreme Court justice Adi
\nAndojo Sutjipto, who chaired the now-defunct Anticorruption Joint
\nTeam, and Marzuki Darusman of failing to provide him promised
\nlegal protection in return for his becoming a whistle-blower.<\/p>\n
Endin is seeking Rp 2.5 billion (US$294,117) in damages and
\nanother Rp 750,000 for material losses. He has also asked the
\ncourt to issue an asset preservation order against the two
\ndefendants as collateral for any monetary award given him by the
\ncourt.<\/p>\n
In the hearing on Tuesday, Endin said he agreed to provide
\ninformation on alleged bribery in the Supreme Court only because
\nhe was promised two things: legal protection and help in a case
\nhe was involved in at the Bandung District Court in 2000.<\/p>\n
He claimed the joint anticorruption team promised to grant
\nEndin immunity against lawsuits if he testified about bribes
\nallegedly received by three Supreme Court justices.<\/p>\n
Endin testified that the justices received a total of Rp 96
\nmillion to change their decision in a land dispute case in
\nBandung.<\/p>\n
Two of the justices alleged to have received bribes, Marnis
\nKahar and Suprapti Sutarto, filed a police complaint accusing
\nEndin of defamation as soon as the bribery case was taken to the
\ncourt.<\/p>\n
Endin was sentenced to a three-month suspended jail term and
\nsix months of probation.<\/p>\n
Commenting on Adi Andojo's claim that the immunity offered to
\nEndin was simply part of a witness protection program, Endin's
\nlawyer Sitor Situmorang said the government regulation on the
\nprotection of witnesses was only endorsed after Endin had
\nreceived his promised immunity.<\/p>\n
Presiding judge Syamsul Ali adjourned the trial until Jan. 29,
\nat which time the court will hear more defense arguments.<\/p>",
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