SUMMARY:
Over the weekend, the National Police caused a public uproar by moving to forcibly arrest Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan in the early morning hours of Friday, May 1 in connection to a 2004 death-in-custody case, stemming from his time as a police investigatorbefore he joined the KPK.
SUMMARY:
Late in the evening of Friday, April 24, the House of Representatives (DPR) voted to approve the Presidential decree in lieu of regulation (Perppu) on the appointment of interim Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioners. Discussions on the formation of a permanent KPK oversight/ethics body were tabled for later debate to allow progress on House’s final order of business before adjourning for a three-week recess.
SUMMARY:
On Wednesday, April 22, Budi Gunawan was inaugurated as the deputy chief of the National Police in a closed ceremony held on the second floor of police headquarters at 2 p.m. Responding to yesterday’s leak that Gunawan would be promoted, police chief Badrodin Haiti explained that the Rank and Promotion Council for High-Ranking Officers (Wanjakti) had approved Gunawan’s nomination in a meeting last week, but an additional meeting of the council had been held last night (Tuesday) in order to accommodate a number of members who had been out of town.
