Military police await dossier on Lt. Agus

Military police await dossier on Lt. Agus

JAKARTA (JP): City police dossiers detailing charges against
the son of Army chief Gen. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo, Second Lt. Agus
Isrok, who was arrested in August for drug possession, are yet to
be handed over to city military police, an officer said on
Friday.

"The military police has yet to carry out the investigation on
Second Lt. Agus Isrok because we're waiting for the dossiers from
the city police.

"It's the city police's responsibility to prepare and submit
the dossiers because it was the party which arrested him," said
city military police commander Col. Mungkono Mursidi.

He denied allegations that the city military police had
experienced difficulties investigating the case because Agus was
the son of an influential high-ranking military officer.

"There will be no obstacles as long as we can obtain complete
evidence on the case," Mungkono said after a ceremony marking the
transfer of the city military commander post from Maj. Gen.
Djadja Suparman to Maj. Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu.

City police chief Maj. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman acknowledged
that his office was still investigating the case.

"We are investigating the case in a professional manner, in
line with police investigation procedures," he said separately
after the ceremony.

Noegroho declined to reveal whether city police were
experiencing difficulties with the investigation.

"I don't need to talk to you about the technicalities of the
investigation," he said.

Chairman of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation Bambang
Widjoyanto condemned the military and the police for the "slow"
investigation.

"Slow investigation into the case will worsen the military
image as the public may consider that the military has neglected
the supremacy of the law," Bambang said at his Central Jakarta
office.

West Jakarta Police arrested Agus on Aug. 8 during a drug raid
at a hotel. Agus and an accomplice were allegedly apprehended in
possession of heroin, shabu-shabu (crystal methamphetamine) and
over 6,000 ecstasy pills. (asa)