Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Former National Police chief detective and major judicial mafia whistleblower Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji will stand trial this month while investigations into the case-brokering scandal he earlier revealed leaves many questions on police integrity unanswered.
Susno's attorney, Zul Armain Azis, said Wednesday case files had been handed over and his client transferred to the South Jakarta Prosecutor's Office.
Zul said Susno would stand trial at the South Jakarta District Court no sooner than 14 days after the transfer, pending an indictment from prosecutors.
Susno was arrested by the police on May 10, two months after he made public allegations of a judicial mafia centered on former tax official Gayus Tambunan that eventually implicated police detectives, prosecutors, a judge and several attorneys.
Gayus was acquitted of charges that alleged he paid more than Rp 20 billion (US$2.2 million) in bribes but was re-arrested after Susno's revelation in late March.
The arrest was made possible by the involvement of two Judicial Mafia Taskforce members, Denny Indrayana and Mas Achmad Santosa, who worked with the police to bring Gayus back to Indonesia from a hideout in Singapore.
The taskforce heard Susno's testimony and urged law enforcement officials to probe the mafia and prosecute all parties involved in the case-brokering scandal.
The police previously named 11 suspects in the scandal, including police detectives Comr. Arafat Enanie and Adj. Comr. Sri Sumartini; prosecutors Cirus Sinaga and Poltak Manulang; and judge Muhtadi Asnun.
Police have not forwarded case files for any of the suspects to prosecutors, although some were arrested before Susno was named suspect.
National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Edward Aritonang said Susno case was much simpler than Gayus' judicial mafia case. "We need more time to complete our investigation," he said.
Susno alleged that Arafat and Sri were not "key players" in orchestrating Gayus' case and implicated Brig. Gen. Edmon Ilyas, then director of special economic crimes, and his successor, Brig. Gen. Raja Erizman in the scandal.
Arafat's widely televised ethics tribunal hearing implicated Edmon and Raja, who were both subsequently dismissed.
Neither faced an ethics tribunal or has been charged with crimes despite Edward's promise they would also face a disciplinary examination. The police then named Susno a suspect for bribery in the self-same graft case he first exposed, raising suspicions that they wanted to silence Susno.
Susno's attorneys requested protection from the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK), which failed to remove Susno from police custody to a safe house due to differing interpretations of the 2006 Witness and Victim Protection Law.
Susno's attorneys filed a judicial review request of the decision with the Constitutional Court.
Secretary-general of Transparency International Indonesia (TII) Teten Masduki criticized the police's action against Susno."From the beginning... I have suggested law enforcement not arrest Susno until all the culprits implicated in the scandal are prosecuted," he said.