Hans Nicholas Jong and Dicky Christanto Wulandaru, Jakarta – The deputy head of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Adnan Pandu Praja, confirmed that he, along with KPK chairman Abraham Samad and deputy chairman Zulkarnain, had signed a document authorizing KPK investigators to begin investigations that will see Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum be named a graft suspect.

Signatures from the KPK leaders are needed by investigators to start an investigation. "But it didn't last long because I revoked my signature just the day after the signing as there had been no case presentation conducted before the signing," he said.

A case presentation is usually organized by investigators once they have enough evidence to pass on to the KPK commissioners. The KPK commissioners would then sign a document allowing the investigators to start an investigation.

Commenting on this, legal expert Chairul Huda said the KPK had thrown confusion over the issue of how this case should be tackled by failing to announce who had leaked the document that had been signed by the three KPK commissioners.

"I wonder what is it that they're trying to hide from the public. Why is so difficult for them to talk in a straightforward way to the public?" he asked.

He said the way the commission handled this case would determine how people viewed the KPK in the future. Currently, the document's authenticity remains unknown. KPK spokesman Johan Budi has stated that the KPK would establish a special team to investigate the document's validity.