Prosecutor reported to Attorney General

Prosecutor reported to Attorney General

TANGERANG (JP): A dispute at the Tangerang District
Prosecutors' Office continued on Thursday as one of the
attorneys, Pudji Basuki, was reported to the Attorney General's
Office for allegedly extorting money from other counselors.

Pudji, head of the office's General Crimes Section, allegedly
took money from the attorneys in return for him assigning them to
big and profitable cases.

"If an attorney paid him (Pudji) a sum of money, Pudji then
gave him good cases in return. Otherwise, the attorneys would
only handle small cases," attorney Andi Aco, who reported the
case to the Attorney General's Office, said on Thursday.

Pudji denied the allegations. "You can check with other
attorneys in the office," he told the media.

However, a Sinar Utama daily reporter, Amir Hasibuan, said he
would report Pudji to the police.

"He (Pudji) took all documents about his wrongdoings from me
when I was about to confirm the accusations with him," Amir said.
(41/edt)