Police grill Tata about why Tommy's bunker was sealed<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): City police detectives grilled suspect Ardhia
\nPramesti \"Tata\" Regita Cahyani, the wife of fugitive Hutomo
\n\"Tommy\" Mandala Putra, over why the underground bunker found
\nbelow her Central Jakarta residence had been sealed.<\/p>\n
While Tata's lawyer, Juan Felix Tampubolon, briefed reporters
\non Tata's police questioning, Tata herself, surrounded by scores
\nof bodyguards, sneaked out of the city police headquarters after
\nfour hours of questioning.<\/p>\n
\"When she was pregnant, she had told her husband that there
\nwas a huge hole in the baby's room and that it could be dangerous
\nfor the baby. Tata did not explain to police Tommy's response,\"
\nJuan told reporters.<\/p>\n
\"When she returned from hospital with the baby, the bunker was
\nalready sealed.\"<\/p>\n
The questioning, Juan said, began at about 9:30 a.m. and was
\nfocused on whether Tata had purportedly lied about the bunker's
\nexistence to stop police from breaking up the floor of her
\nhusband's residence on Jl. Cendana in the plush Menteng area.<\/p>\n
City police chief of detectives Sr. Comr. Harry Montolalu said
\non Friday that there was a possibility that police would call
\nTata, for further questioning.<\/p>\n
\"She may have answered all (29) questions asked by police
\ntoday (Friday). But, we might call her again,\" Harry said.<\/p>\n
Harry had earlier said that both Juan and Tata were questioned
\nas suspects, under Article 216 of the criminal code for
\nobstructing the police from performing their duties, an offense
\nwhich carries a maximum jail term of four months and two weeks.<\/p>\n
Juan was questioned on Monday, but had refused to answer all
\n30 questions asked by police, on his alleged role in obstructing
\npolice from locating the underground bunker.<\/p>\n
Tommy's lawyer, Elza Syarief, who was also questioned on
\nMonday over Juan's issue with the police, said that she saw why
\npolice felt the need to question Juan.<\/p>\n
\"He's Tata's lawyer, and not Tommy's. Police probably felt
\nthat he had no legal right to question police on the warrant,
\nwhen he is not even Tommy's lawyer,\" Elza told reporters.<\/p>\n
Separately, the central Jakarta branch of the Indonesian
\nLawyers Association (Ikadin) announced its plan to seek Juan
\nFelix's clarification over the matter.<\/p>\n
The branch's chairman, John Pieter Nazar, said the association
\nexpected Juan to show up next Thursday, where his clarification
\nwill be assessed, to decide on whether the lawyer had violated
\nthe association's code of ethics.<\/p>\n
\"Juan was named a suspect, in connection with his profession
\nas a lawyer. We have to hear from Juan first and take the report
\nto Ikadin, before deciding whether to bring him to stand in a
\ncode of ethics tribunal,\" Nazar told a media conference on
\nFriday.<\/p>\n
He said that if Juan was found guilty of abusing his
\nprofession, then Ikadin would be entitled to ask the Ministry of
\nJustice and Human Rights to sever his license.<\/p>\n
\"But if he was found committing a crime then it's the police
\nmatter,\" Nazar said.<\/p>\n
In an unrelated development, Harry said suspect Elize Maria
\nTuwahatu alias Baby, 33, who was arrested for possessing three
\nbombs at the Mini Indonesia recreation park last Friday and had
\ntold police that Tommy had given her the bombs, is currently not
\nin good physical condition.<\/p>\n
\"She has some heart problems. Our doctors are looking into
\nher. Don't worry. She'll be fine soon,\" Harry told reporters.<\/p>\n
Harry told reporters earlier that initial physical and mental
\nexaminations by city police doctors had shown that Elize,
\ncurrently held at city police, was in perfect mental and physical
\nhealth and had nothing to worry about.<\/p>\n
Harry even denied statements made by Elize's lawyer M. Bugis,
\nthat Elize had retracted her statement about Tommy's involvement
\nin the case and that Tommy had never given Elize the bombs.<\/p>\n
\"She never retracted her statements,\" Harry said. (ylt\/bby)<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/police-grill-tata-about-why-tommys-bunker-was-sealed-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }