Jakarta – The lawyer for police chief candidate Budi Gunawan said on Saturday his client had strong evidence of procedural impropriety against the Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK.
Fredrich Yunadi, the lawyer of Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan, said he would present a former KPK investigator to testify during the hearing of a pre-trial motion brought by Budi against the KPK in a South Jakarta district court next week.
"Just wait for showtime, there will be a big surprise," Fredrich said on Saturday. Fredrich claimed his witness would detail several technical violations.
"[The witness] was once ordered by a commissioner to write a legal document declaring someone a suspect," Fredrich told Indonesian new portal Tempo.co on Saturday.
Fredrich said KPK commissioners frequently ignored the proper procedures needed to name someone a suspect. The KPK has repeatedly denied this allegation, saying it has followed the law to the letter.
Budi filed a pretrial motion against the KPK one week after he was named a suspect on Jan. 13. But he withdrew his application one day prior to the controversial arrest of KPK deputy chief Bambang Widjojanto, only to re-file the motion several days later.