Officers under fire in laundering case

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