Law roundup: Police dismiss AKBP Didik as KPK extends travel ban on Yaqut

Jakarta (ANTARA) — A number of legal developments were reported by ANTARA News Agency correspondents on Thursday (19/2). The following is a selection of stories still worth reading this morning.

1. Police dismiss former Bima City police chief AKBP Didik over drug case

The National Police Ethics Commission (KKEP) handed down a verdict of dishonourable discharge against former Bima City police chief AKBP Didik Putra Kuncoro in connection with a narcotics case.

2. Police hold ethics hearing for AKBP Didik over drug possession case

The National Police’s Professional and Security Division (Propam) held an ethics hearing for suspended Bima City police chief AKBP Didik Putra Kuncoro in relation to alleged drug possession.

3. KPK extends travel ban on Yaqut Cholil Qoumas and Gus Alex

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) extended the overseas travel ban on two suspects in the hajj quota case, namely former Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas (YCQ) and Ishfah Abidal Aziz (IAA), also known as Gus Alex.

4. KPK opens possibility of summoning Ahmad Ali, Japto and Said Amin

The Corruption Eradication Commission indicated it may re-summon Ahmad Ali, Deputy Chairman of the National Leadership Council of Pemuda Pancasila and Daily Chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI); Japto Soerjosoemarno, General Chairman of the Pemuda Pancasila National Leadership Council; and Said Amin, Chairman of the East Kalimantan Regional Leadership Council of Pemuda Pancasila and patron of Borneo FC.

5. Counterfeit goods case: KPK probes customs activities of Bea Cukai official

The Corruption Eradication Commission delved deeper into customs activities whilst examining a Directorate General of Customs and Excise official at the Ministry of Finance, identified by the initials SLS, as a witness in an alleged bribery and gratification case involving the importation of counterfeit goods.