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10JAKARTA66
2010-01-15 10:49:00
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Embassy Jakarta
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EMBATTLED CORRUPTION BUSTERS SCORE VICTORY WITH

Tags:  PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS KMCA KCOR MCC ID 
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UNCLAS JAKARTA 000066 

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS KMCA KCOR MCC ID
SUBJECT: EMBATTLED CORRUPTION BUSTERS SCORE VICTORY WITH
HIGH-PROFILE ARREST

REF: (A) 09 JAKARTA 1967 and previous
(B) 09 JAKARTA 1815

UNCLAS JAKARTA 000066

SENSITIVE
SIPDIS

DEPT FOR EAP, EAP/MTS
INL FOR BLOOMQUIST, OPDAT FOR BERMAN/HAKIM, ICITAP FOR
TREVILLIAN/BARR
MCC FOR ISMAIL

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS KMCA KCOR MCC ID
SUBJECT: EMBATTLED CORRUPTION BUSTERS SCORE VICTORY WITH
HIGH-PROFILE ARREST

REF: (A) 09 JAKARTA 1967 and previous
(B) 09 JAKARTA 1815


1. (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle
accordingly.


2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission
(KPK) scored a major victory with the arrest of corruption suspect
Anggodo Widjojo. The arrest not only fulfills the public's sense of
justice, but demonstrates the KPK's commitment to eradicate
corruption in the midst of attacks meant to weaken the institution.
END SUMMARY


3. (U) The KPK arrested Widjojo on January 14, charging him with
attempted bribery, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy to commit
acts of corruption. The arrest came after three long interrogation
sessions conducted by KPK investigators of which the first two were
unable to produce grounds for Widjojo's arrest. In November 2009,
the Indonesian National Police (INP) detained and later released
Widjojo after a recording played before Indonesia's Constitutional
Court implicated him in a plot to frame KPK commissioners (see
reftel B).


4. (U) Civil society hailed the arrest as a significant victory for
the KPK after a series of perceived setbacks. According to former
Presidential fact-finding team member Komaruddin Hidayat, this
arrest fulfills the public's sense of justice. Widjojo played a
central role in the plot to implicate KPK commissioners Chandra M.
Hamzah and Bibit Samad Riyanto which sparked demonstrations in
support of the KPK.


5. (U) Interim KPK chief Tumpak Hatorang Panggabean suggested that
there may be additional suspects named in the KPK's continuing
investigation. The recording played before the Constitutional Court
implicated other individuals, including former Deputy Attorney
General Abdul Hakim Ritonga, Assistant Attorney General for
Intelligence Wisnu Subroto, and INP Chief Detective Susno Duadji.
Indonesia Corruption Watch legal affairs expert Febri Diansyah
suggested that these individuals could also be arrested on similar
charges based on the recorded conversations.


6. (SBU) Some institutions, including the INP, continue to question
the KPK's integrity. Most recently, Constitutional Court Chief
Justice Mafud MD raised in the press rumors that a KPK official
received approximately USD 2 million from a corruption suspect.
Widjojo's arrest, however, shows that the KPK is continuing to bring
alleged corruptors to justice, an action which has broad-based
public support.

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