Taufik's release request rejected

Taufik's release request rejected

JAKARTA: The Jakarta Prosecutor's Office refused to release
Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) chairman Muhammad
Taufik, who has been detained on graft charges since June 10.

"There is no reason to suspend his detention. Our
investigation is not completed," said the head of the prosecutor
office's interrogation team, Syaeful Taher, on Tuesday.

Taufik filed a request last week seeking to be released on
health reasons. He also said he had given prosecutors all the
information they required.

Taufik, who has been named a corruption suspect along with
KPUD member A. Riza Patria and KPUD treasurer Neneng Palupi, is
being held in the detention center at the South Jakarta
Prosecutor's Office. The three are suspects in a corruption case
involving about Rp 13 billion.

Syaeful said his team was not sure when Taufik's case file
would be submitted to the court. --JP