Police continue probe on Soeripto<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Jakarta Police detectives are focusing their
\ninvestigation into former secretary-general of the forestry
\nministry Soeripto on reports that he leaked state secrets to
\nJapan and Australia.<\/p>\n
National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Didi Widayadi said on
\nThursday that while continuing the questioning of Soeripto, the
\ndetectives would also be working with the National Police, the
\nJapanese Embassy and an Australian foundation on the matter of
\nthe documents.<\/p>\n
"We need expert advice and proof to find out if the documents
\nSoeripto had reportedly provided the two countries with, could be
\nclassified as state secrets or just vital information," Didi told
\nreporters at National Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police detectives are scheduled to question Soeripto
\non Monday to verify the reports.<\/p>\n
"We will also be working in collaboration with the related
\nembassies. Soeripto will now also be required to report to the
\nJakarta Police, not once, but twice a week, from Monday onwards."<\/p>\n
Soeripto was arrested on May 1 following the arrest of three
\nof his men at a hotel in Central Jakarta. Police, however, said
\nthere was no need to detain Soeripto provided that he followed
\ncertain conditions.<\/p>\n
He said he was leading a research foundation which focused on
\nresearch into Indonesian defense and strategy and the "research
\nwork was often used by the National Resilience Institute
\n(Lemhannas)."<\/p>\n
Soeripto added that his work focused mainly on domestic mass
\nconflict, particularly those driven by economic instability,
\npolitical conditions and relationships shared between civilians
\nand the Indonesian Military (TNI).<\/p>\n
Backing Soeripto's statements, the former defense minister who
\nis also a former Lemhannas deputy governor, Juwono Sudarsono, had
\nsaid that he had benefited from information supplied by
\nSoeripto's foundation, which Juwono said was about facts on
\ndefense. (ylt)<\/p>",
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