Oki's lawyers in battle

Oki's lawyers in battle

JAKARTA (JP): Amir Syamsuddin, former lawyer of suspected murderer Oki, lodged a formal complaint yesterday with the police against Oki's current lawyers, Ruhut Sitompoel and Tommy Sihotang, for allegedly blackening his name with the public.

Amir said at a press conference that Ruhut had told reporters and several people at the South Jakarta district court that Amir had asked Oki to choose him as his lawyer in the case of a triple murder in Los Angeles, in which Oki is the main suspect.

Amir said he had been accused several times by Tommy, through media reports, of colluding with several city police officers during the arrest of Oki, whose full name is Harnoko Dewantono.

"I don't know what they (Ruhut and company) want, given that I withdrew from the case last month," said Amir.

"I have tried to be patient, but now I'm so tired of hearing their accusations," he said. (bsr)