SUMMARY:
On Thursday, Feb. 19 anti-graft activists decried President Joko “Jokwoi” Widodo’s nomination of Badrodin Haiti as Indonesia’s next top cop as insufficient to address the damage that has been done to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). While activists have welcomed the move to drop the controversial Budi Gunawan, they have pointed out that Badrodin was implicated in the same report by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) that had originally uncovered Budi Gunawan’s suspicious bank balances and financial transactions.
SUMMARY:
Following yesterday’s South Jakarta District Court decision against KPK and in favor of National Police Chief-nominee Budi Gunawan, the police moved decisively to increase the pressure on KPK. In parallel, legal experts and analysts tried to determine the implications of the court’s decision on the crisis and the criminal justice system in general.
SUMMARY:
On the morning of Monday, Feb. 16, judge Sarpin Rizaldi of the South Jakarta District Court issued a ruling on the pre-trial motion filed to dismiss the bribery charges against three-star police general and National Police chief-nominee Budi Gunawan.
SUMMARY:
On the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 11, two of the witnesses called by the KPK to testify in pre-trial proceedings related to Budi Gunawan’s at the South Jakarta District Court announced that they would not take the stand the following day after reportedly receiving death threats and a variety of intimidation. Both witnesses are KPK investigators looking into allegations of bribery against Budi.
