Police wrap up 20% graft cases in 2004<\/p>\n
Abdul Khalik
\nThe Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n
Jakarta Police managed to complete the investigation into 22 out
\nof 102 corruption cases in 2004, or about 20 percent.<\/p>\n
However, police chief Insp. Gen. Firman Gani revealed over the
\nweekend that the force had to drop 24 cases due to a lack of
\nevidence and witnesses. The remaining 56 cases are still being
\ninvestigated.<\/p>\n
"The prosecutor's office deemed the 22 case files complete and
\nready for trial. I think an around 20 percent case clearance
\nlevel is very good," he explained.<\/p>\n
Firman added that the force's counterparts in Malaysia and
\nSingapore, which were considered more advanced than the
\nIndonesian Police Force, were very surprised by the Indonesian
\npolice's high rate of case clearance.<\/p>\n
"Even Japan managed to solve only 11 percent of their total
\ncases," he said.<\/p>\n
The police managed to complete only two out of eight
\ncorruption cases in 2003, and are still working on others, said
\nthe chief detective of the city police special crimes unit, Sr.
\nComr. Edmon Ilyas.<\/p>\n
"We worked very hard last year to improve our case clearance
\nlevel. We managed to solve many high-profile cases, including the
\nalleged corruption involving Bustanil Arifin," said Edmon.<\/p>\n
Former State Logistics Agency (Bulog) chairman Bustanil was
\ndeclared a suspect in a case involving an inordinate markup in a
\nland purchase deal in 1990.<\/p>\n
Bulog disbursed Rp 10 billion (US$1.12 million), approved by
\nBustanil, to buy a plot of land in Kuningan, South Jakarta, for
\nwhich the market price was Rp 1.8 billion.<\/p>\n
The land belonged to the second son of former president
\nSoeharto, Bambang Trihatmojo.<\/p>\n
However, the case file has not been submitted to the Attorney
\nGeneral's Office for trial.<\/p>\n
"We completed the case last year. I don't know why the
\nprosecutors have not brought the case to trial," Edmon remarked.<\/p>\n
Another old case is one involving subdistrict chief Lilik
\nHasanudin, who allegedly amassed Rp 134 million in state funds
\nearmarked for poverty alleviation.<\/p>\n
Edmon said that his department had also been working on the
\ncase file of a Rp 46.46 billion corruption case at Bank BNI
\nPondok Indah and had named five bankers as suspects.<\/p>\n
He added that the case files of 19 former Depok regental
\ncouncil members implicated in a Rp 9 billion graft case would be
\nready to be submitted to prosecutors soon.<\/p>",
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