Murder suspect's boss ready to lose his job<\/p>\n
BOGOR, West Java (JP): The superior of the main suspect in
\nTjetje Tadjudin's death, yesterday said he was ready to take any
\nresponsibility for his subordinate's actions.<\/p>\n
Lt. Col. M. Ruslan Riza acknowledged he was under fire after
\nFirst Lt. DT was declared the chief suspect for torturing to
\ndeath robbery suspect Tjetje while he was in Bogor police
\ncustody.<\/p>\n
\"I have no choice. I will accept any responsibility as DT's
\nsuperior,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Ruslan was speaking after National Police Chief Lt. Gen. Dibyo
\nWidodo's said Lt. DT's superiors must also be responsible for
\nTjetje's death.<\/p>\n
Dibyo said from Paris on Saturday that DT's superiors were
\nresponsible for Tjetje's lack of protection.<\/p>\n
West Java Police Chief Maj. Gen. Nana Permana last week said
\nLt. DT, the head of the Bogor police detectives, was the first
\nman responsible for Tjetje's death.<\/p>\n
Tjetje and friend Norman Lubis were in police custody for
\ntheir alleged roles in an armed robbery in which their friend
\nZaenuddin Lesmana was killed on Oct. 11.<\/p>\n
Tjetje died on Oct. 21 on the way to the Bogor's PMI hospital
\nfrom the police lockup. First it was said he died from serious
\nrespiratory problems. However, the postmortem report says Tjetje
\nwas beaten to death.<\/p>\n
Ruslan yesterday said he had felt strange since Tjetje's
\ndeath. \"I have lost my appetite since then,\" he said. \"Everything
\nis up to my superiors. What I am doing now is carrying out my
\ndaily routine as well as I can,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, Maj. Gen. Nana Permana said from Bandung that as
\nLt. DT's superior officer, he was ready to accept responsibility.<\/p>\n
Nana said during his visit to daily newspaper Pikiran Rakyat's
\noffice that direct responsibility was to the suspect. \"Hopefully
\nany decision on punishment will be announced this week following
\nreports from the fact finding team,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He promised to reveal the team's findings. \"We plan to
\nconceal nothing in this case. If a police officer is found guilty
\nin the death of Tjetje he will be punished,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Merdeka daily yesterday quoted a Bogor Regency
\nPolice source who said the police intended to sue the forensic
\nmedical expert at Bogor's PMI hospital, Budi Sampurna, for
\nrevealing autopsy results to the press.<\/p>\n
Lawyer Petrus Bala Pattyona told the Post yesterday that this
\nwas not possible.<\/p>\n
Petrus, who used to work at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute
\nand is now with Ruhut Sitompul and Associates, said a post-mortem
\nreport, as part of evidence, was open to the public in line with
\nthe universal principle of an open and fair trial.<\/p>\n
Article 184 of the Criminal Code cites a number of material
\nevidence including \"letters of proof (bukti surat),\" and this
\nincludes such a report.<\/p>\n
Evidence stated in Article 184 includes testimonies of
\nwitnesses, experts, and letters.<\/p>\n
\"Going to court about a doctor revealing a visum is tantamount
\nto an effort to shift the core of the case,\" Petrus said.
\nTjetje's death is now the center of public attention as it
\ninvolves allegations of torture by protectors of the public,
\nPetrus said.<\/p>\n
If the case goes to court, \"the police had better be ready to
\nface embarrassment\" as testimonies could further reveal the
\nallegations, he said.<\/p>\n
If revealing the report has caused investigation difficulties
\nthis still does not justify a law suit, he said. \"The doctor is
\nnot guilty\".<\/p>\n
The source said the results were conveyed to parties besides
\nthe police without police permission. The family of the late
\nTjetje also got the results.<\/p>\n
As an autopsy can only be conducted with the victim's family's
\npermission, the family is fully entitled to the post-mortem
\nreports, Petrus said. (21\/17\/sur\/anr)<\/p>",
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