Police turn to Mega on FBR chief

Police turn to Mega on FBR chief

JAKARTA: City Police officials have submitted a letter,
requesting President Megawati Soekarnoputri to allow for an
investigation of Al Fadloli El Muhir, a Supreme Advisory Council
(DPA) member and also the chairman of the Betawi Brotherhood
Forum (FBR), which has been accused of misconduct of late.

"We sent the letter today to enable us investigate Fadloli
after having questioned seven FBR members last week," said the
City Police spokesman, Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam, on Monday.

Fadloli, who is also chairman of the Indonesian Democratic
Party (PDI) Jakarta chapter, was scheduled to be questioned last
Thursday in connection to the vicious attack by FBR members on
the Urban Poor Consortium's (UPC) chairwoman Wardah Hafidz and
eviction victims while they were staging a peaceful rally at the
National Commission of Human Rights (Komnas HAM) office in
Central Jakarta on March 28.

Fadloli's lawyer, Suhana Natawilwana, said his client would
not comply with the police summons unless the police got an
official letter of permission from the President, because Fadloli
is a member of DPA. -- JP