Rusdihardjo asked to clarify media reports<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Undeterred by public demands that the police be
\nproactive in investigating the State Logistics Agency (Bulog)
\nscandal, National Police Headquarters on Tuesday asked former
\npolice chief Gen. Rusdihardjo to clarify media reports by himself
\nover his testimony before the House of Representatives (DPR)
\nspecial committee last week.<\/p>\n
National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Saleh Saaf suggested that
\nRusdihardjo clarify his testimony before the special committee
\nwhere he reportedly stated that he knew about President
\nAbdurrahman Wahid's alleged involvement in the Rp 35 billion
\n(US$3.6 million) Bulog scandal.<\/p>\n
\"That is not the police's business. If this case needs to be
\nclarified, Pak Rusdihardjo should come to the police to clarify
\nthe problem himself,\" Saleh told reporters, while suggesting that
\nRusdihardjo had been speaking as an individual before the special
\ncommittee.<\/p>\n
Saleh said the police had no intention of summoning
\nRusdihardjo to clarify the media reports which said that the
\nfour-star general had testified before the special committee that
\nthe police had found evidence of the President's alleged
\ninvolvement in the scandal.<\/p>\n
\"We only heard about it from the newspapers. Unless the
\nspecial committee gives us an official report (on Rusdihardjo's
\ntestimony), we'll only regard it (Rusdihardjo's statement) as a
\nrumor,\" Saleh said.<\/p>\n
When asked if the police would summon Rusdihardjo following a
\nreport filed by Semarang-based businesswoman Siti Farikha with
\nNational Police Headquarters, Saleh said the police would forward
\nthe report to the National Military Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
\"The police accepted the report so as not to disappoint the
\nparty who filed the report,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Farikha filed a report against Rusdihardjo on Monday saying
\nthat Rusdihardjo had defamed her.<\/p>\n
Media reports said that during the hearing with the special
\ncommittee, Rusdihardjo testified that Farikha had received a Rp 5
\nbillion check from Gus Dur and said that he had been asked by the
\nPresident to create a scenario as if Farikha had received the
\nfunds from fellow businessman Aris Junaidi.<\/p>\n
Farikha returned the money to the police soon after the
\nscandal made the headlines in April.<\/p>\n
Separately, Jakarta Police Detectives chief Sr. Supt. Harry
\nMontolalu denied any knowledge about the existence of different
\ndossiers on the questioning of President Abdurrahman about the
\ncase on June 23 this year.<\/p>\n
\"There is only one dossier (on the President's questioning)
\nand that is currently being used in the South Jakarta District
\nCourt. The dossier says that the President was not involved in
\nthe scandal,\" Harry said.<\/p>\n
Held at the presidential palace, the team of investigators
\nfrom the Jakarta Police were escorted by several members of the
\npolice's top brass, including Rusdihardjo, former National Police
\nDetectives chief Insp. Gen. Chaeruddin Ismail, former Jakarta
\nPolice chief Insp. Gen. Nurfaizi, former Jakarta Police
\nDetectives chief Sr. Supt. Alex Bambang Riatmodjo and Harry.<\/p>\n
Harry said that before the questioning, Rusdihardjo, Nurfaizi,
\nand Chaeruddin entered the President's office and remained there
\nfor about 20 minutes.<\/p>\n
\"I don't know what they talked about,\" Harry said.<\/p>\n
After that, he and Alex had been asked to enter the room and
\nthe President had asked them, instead of the team of
\ninvestigators, to question him. (jaw)<\/p>",
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