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Police admit no KPK official in controversial CDR

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Jakarta Post - August 17, 2010

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The police admitted on Monday they had never had evidence that case broker suspect Ary Muladi had phone-called Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officials.

National Police chief detective Comr. Gen. Ito Sumardi said the call detail records (CDR) they held only contained call data between Ary and "somebody".

"Yes, that's all we have. It probably won't satisfy the lawyers [of graft suspect Anggodo Widjojo]. But we've tried to obey court's order," Ito said at the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta.

He added that the police had never wiretapped either Ary or Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy for enforcement Ade Rahardja. "We got the CDR from cellular provider," Ito said.

The police and Attorney General Hendarman Supandji have repeatedly said they believed Ary had frequently made phone calls with Ade.

Three weeks ago, the Corruption Court ordered the National Police to hand over the recorded conversation between Ade and Ary. The order was made during a trial with defendant businessman Anggodo Widjojo.

Ito has previously said the CDR had been handed over to the Corruption Court but the court officials said they had yet to receive the document. The police denied they had ignored the court's order althouth they admitted it was only a CDR instead of a tape recording.

Anggodo's lawyers requested to present the tape before the court because they believe the tape would prove that KPK official was involved in a case broker in the investigation into a corruption implicating Anggodo's brother, Anggoro Widjojo.

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