Officers under fire in laundering case

JAKARTA: The National Police detectives officially launched on Tuesday an investigation into an active general and three middle- ranking officers for alleged money laundering.

Although having been named suspects in the case, no arrests have been made against the general, who is identified by his initial as G., or the other officers, identified as M.D., L.M. and A.S.

There are now seven active and retired officers declared suspects after the detectives took over the probe into other officers identified only as Z., M.R. and K.M. from the internal affairs investigators.

The investigation into alleged money laundering involving the officers revolves around findings by the Financial Transaction and Analysis Center (PPATK) of suspicious transactions in bank accounts belonging to 15 police officers. One of the officers received a transfer of Rp 700 billion (US$70 million).

The internal affairs division is still conducting investigating the case and if the remaining eight officers were involved. -- JP