Police want Nurdin to appear Thursday

Police want Nurdin to appear Thursday

JAKARTA: The National Police said on Wednesday they wanted to
question lawmaker Nurdin Halid over an illegal sugar scandal on
Thursday, though he has insisted he will only show up on Friday.

"He is an important witness in the case. The sooner we
question him the better it will be for the investigation," said
National Police chief of detectives Comr. Gen. Suyitno Landung
Sudjono.

Nurdin, the chairman of the Confederation of Primary
Cooperatives Societies (Inkud), has defied a first police
summons. If he fails to show up for this summons and a subsequent
third summons, the police have said they will arrest him.

Suyitno said the police were scheduled to summon Radja
Bernaje, one of the suspects in the case, sometime next week as
his lawyer had promised to ensure he would appear for
questioning. --JP