'Prosecutors can defend police'<\/p>\n
YOGYAKARTA (JP): The Yogyakarta Prosecutors Office can
\nrepresent the National Police who are facing a lawsuit from
\nMarsiyem, widow of slain journalist Muhammad Fuad Syafruddin, an
\nofficial said.<\/p>\n
Deputy chief of the prosecutors' office Soeparman said
\nyesterday, that according to the law, the office could name
\nlawyers for government officials standing trial.<\/p>\n
However, Soeparman said his office has yet to receive a formal
\nrequest from the National Police.<\/p>\n
Soeparman was commenting on Marsiyem's lawsuit against the
\npolice for allegedly omitting evidence in the investigation into
\nthe murder of her husband. The Yogyakarta office of the Legal Aid
\nInstitute on behalf of Marsiyem said Tuesday they expected to
\ntake the police to Bantul District Court for negligence.<\/p>\n
Days after the death of Bernas daily reporter Syafruddin, also
\nknown as Udin, in August, a number of Bantul police officers
\nborrowed a sample of Syafruddin's blood from Marsiyem for
\ninvestigation purposes but have never returned it.<\/p>\n
Yogyakarta Police chief Col. Mulyono Sulaiman later said the
\nblood had been floated out into the Indonesian Ocean, a practice
\nin this sultanate as a devotion to Queen of the Sea. Mulyono
\nargued this would help the police solve the murder riddle.<\/p>\n
The police have so far named Dwi Sumaji, a driver at a local
\nadvertising firm, as the only suspect.<\/p>\n
Police Chief Lt. Gen. Dibyo Widodo told the House of
\nRepresentatives last month that a DNA test conducted at a
\nlaboratory in England confirmed that a speck of blood found on a
\nshirt, that police claim Dwi wore the night of the murder,
\nbelonged to the journalist.<\/p>\n
Dwi was released after two months of detention following a
\nsecond rejection of the police's dossiers on him by the
\nprosecutor's office.<\/p>\n
The legal aid office also sent a letter yesterday to the
\nNational Police, at Dwi's request, urging them to probe Ahmad
\nNizar Shahab, a businessman from Bogor, West Java, and Edi
\nWuryanto, an officer at Bantul police, for clearing the way for
\nDwi's unusual arrest.<\/p>\n
Earlier reports said the police used alcohol and a woman to
\ntry to get Dwi to confess to the murder; despite criticism from
\nvarious corners police defend the method. Ahmad denied
\nallegations of involvement.<\/p>\n
The legal aid office said yesterday it had drawn up a
\nchronological report on Udin's murder and investigation. It calls
\nthe report \"the white book\".<\/p>\n
\"In short, the book reveals the true killer of Udin,\"
\nspokesman Budi Hartono said.<\/p>\n
Budi said the book would help anybody who wanted a complete
\npicture of the case.<\/p>\n
\"Now the book has been published, there should be no reason to
\nconsider this murder case a dark number,\" Budi said. A dark
\nnumber is the police term for an unsolved case.<\/p>\n
Budi indicated certain parties wanted Udin's murder case left
\nclosed.<\/p>\n
The institute recorded three murder cases within the
\nYogyakarta police jurisdiction which have been hanging in the
\nbalance. They are the slaughter of a family in Langenastran, the
\ndeath of a dentist in Pakuningratan and the murder of a street
\nsinger in Kleringan. (23\/amd)<\/p>",
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