KPK may question Bagir at his office

KPK may question Bagir at his office

JAKARTA: After failing to summon Chief Justice Bagir Manan for
a questioning in connection with a bribery case involving
businessman Probosutedjo on Monday, the Corruption Eradication
Commission (KPK) is considering conducting the questioning at his
office.

"We will take into consideration his position as the Chief
Justice," said KPK Chairman Taufikurrahman Ruki after a meeting
on rehabilitation and reconciliation at the presidential office
on Tuesday.

KPK will send a second summons and a third if required for
Bagir in accordance with the Criminal Law Procedures Code
(KUHAP), Taufikurrahman said. KUHAP allows law enforcers to use
force if the third summons is ignored.

Graft convict Probosutedjo has confessed to having disbursed a
total of Rp 16 billion (US$1.6 million) in bribes, Rp 6 billion
of which was given to a Bagir-led panel of justices who heard the
businessman's appeal case. -- JP