The National Police had a lot to explain after a co-defendant in the murder case of businessman Nasrudin Zulkarnaen, former South Jakarta Police Chief Sr. Comr. Williardi Wizar, testified before the court that the National Police had set up the case against Antasari Azhar.
Antasari Azhar, former chairman of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), was a defendant in the same case, accused of being the mastermind in the high-profile murder.
Since the start of the case, the accused have complained about their investigation reports, stating that they believed they were fabricated.
Among the defendents in the Nasrudin trial, the following complaints have been made about fabrications.
1. Daniel Daen Sabon, a defendant who was allegedly the executor of the murder, claimed he was tortured before police questioning. Daniel asked the judge to cancel his investigation report. "I want my report to be cancelled. I was threatened during the investigation," he said.
2. Williardi Wizar said his superior asked him to sign a new investigation report because the previous one was not enough to bring charges against Antasari. If he did so, Williardi was promised freedom and told he would only receive an administration sanction for indiscipline. Williardi's investigation report was used to arrest Antasari because he was the first witness who mentioned Antasari's involvement in the murder case. National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Nanan Soekarna said the police would ignore Williardi's claim about a plot to set up Antasari. "He could say whatever he wanted but we have the legal evidence," Nanan said.
3. Antasari Azhar, who was taken into custody on May 4 this year, was asked to write a testimony about Anggodo Widjojo's alleged bribery of KPK leaders and passed the testimony to the police, after police found a recorded conversation on Antasari's laptop between Antasari and Anggodo. Police used the testimony to name two deputy chairmen of the KPK, Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto, as suspects.
4. Ari Muladi, the person to whom Anggodo allegedly gave bribe money for the KPK leaders, signed an investigation report on July 15 saying he gave the money to the KPK leaders. Ari Muladi later cancelled the report, saying he had never met Chandra and Bibit and instead gave the money to a person named Yulianto. Yulianto's identity or whereabouts are unknown. However, Ari Muladi would be named a suspect if he cancelled the investigation report.