Jakarta – The National Police have said Bachtiar Nasir, the leader of the Guardians of the Indonesian Ulema Council's Fatwas, or GNPF-MUI, which initiated the Nov. 4 and Dec. 2 mass rallies in Jakarta, will be questioned as a witness in a money laundering investigation.

Bachtiar failed to answer a police summons on Wednesday (08/02). Police currently investigate the Justice For All Foundation, one of many institutions that collected donations for the mass rallies in the capital city against Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama.

The foundation has allegedly shelled out the collected donations to its founders, administrators and supervisors. Investigators suspect that Bachtiar was well aware of the foundation's affairs, as its bank account number was publicly announced by him ahead of the rallies.

"The account was opened by B.N., then there was a [social media] post by Novel [Novel Chaidir Hasan, secretary general of the Islamic Defenders Front, or FPI] that said it was fake, so the donations stopped, but the money received was taken by the foundation. This is what we want to examine," National Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Martinus Sitompul.

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