Prosecutors correct Tommy's dossiers

Prosecutors correct Tommy's dossiers

Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Prosecutors suggested corrections to dossiers on the murder of
Supreme Court Justice M. Syafiuddin Kartasasmita on Tuesday after
attending a presentation made by the police on the results of
their investigation into Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra's alleged
role in the murder.

Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Anton Bachrul Alam said
that prosecutors gave few corrections to the dossiers.

"The talks led to the completion of the dossiers," he told
reporters after the three-hour meeting with prosecutors.

Unlike what had been stated by police that the meeting would
present two dossiers, on the murder of Syafiuddin and the illegal
possession of guns, Wednesday's presentation focused on the
murder of Syafiuddin.

"Only guns linked to the murder were discussed in the meeting.
But, the case of illegal possession of other firearms and
ammunition will be presented next time," Anton said without
elaborating.

Separately, Antasari Azhar, head of the South Jakarta
Prosecutors' Office and assistant to the Jakarta Provincial
Prosecutors' Office chief on general crimes confirmed that he had
given some inputs to the interrogators.

He declined to elaborate, saying the police interrogation was
still in process.

"As prosecutors, we come here only to monitor how far the
interrogation has progressed," he told reporters.

Antasari said prosecutors had not yet received any dossiers
from the police.

"Once we receive the dossiers, we will immediately examine
them. Should we find them incomplete, we will return them to the
investigators for completion," Antasari said.

Anton said police were confident that the evidence gathered in
the investigation and witnesses' testimony, would be sufficient
to bring Tommy to court.

Police, have questioned 58 witnesses over the murder of
Syafiuddin, who sentenced Tommy to 18 months jail in September
last year for corruption.