Results of probe into collusion to be made public

Results of probe into collusion to be made public

JAKARTA (JP): The Supreme Court promised yesterday it would
not cover up the findings of its investigation into the highly
publicized bribery scandal involving senior judges.

Secretary General of the Supreme Court Toton Suprapto said the
results of the investigation will be made available to the mass
media after they consult President Soeharto.

He declined to say when Chief Justice Soerjono would meet the
president to discuss the Supreme Court supervision team's
findings.

"The Chief Justice will explicitly say whether the alleged
collusion happened or did not happen. There won't be any
ambiguity," Toton assured journalists.

He said that the chief justice had sent a letter to the state
secretariat on Monday, asking it for an opportunity to discuss
the investigation results.

The alleged collusion at the Supreme Court drew the public's
attention in April, when a local magazine published a
confidential letter by Deputy Chief Justice for General Crimes
Adi Andojo Soetjipto asking the Central Jakarta Prosecutor's
Office to review a document fraud case handled last year by the
Supreme Court.

A group of Supreme Court judges, presided over by Samsoedin
Aboebakar, had acquitted defendant Ram Gulumal of all charges of
falsifying land procurement documents.

Adi had reportedly submitted plenty of evidence to back up his
allegations of collusion, including a letter from the Supreme
Court's Director for General Crimes, Sujatmi Soedarmoko,
admitting she was involved in rearranging the group of judges to
try the case.

The case, in terms of priority, should have been given to the
Group H judges. However, it was tried by Group D. (imn)