Former National Police chief detective Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji said on Wednesday that he did not want the position of deputy police chief. Susno also said that despite his alleged involvement in recent controversies, he is "a sweet boy" because he always follows orders.
Susno said he did not want to be the National Police number two because of the negative stigma he was still trying to shake off after public accusations that he was involved in the fabrication of a case brought on antigraft officials Bibit S Riyanto and Chandra M Hamzah.
"If I had been chosen as the deputy police chief, I would have refused. The time is not right because I'm not cleared yet," Susno said at the National Police Headquarters on Wednesday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
Susno made the statement to respond to questions from journalists about the reasons why he had reported an analyst to the police. Reporters asked whether he made the report because he was disappointed after having not been chosen as the deputy police chief.
Susno denied such allegations and said that he was still facing the consequences over the Bibit and Chandra case as well as his delivery of summons to news editors from several media organizations.
"The media said Susno was responsible and Susno must resign so I resigned. But I'm still on the payroll," he said.
"I was stigmatized as an arrogant person and could not speak to the press. But it was because I was forbidden to talk because information could only be obtained through a single door. I followed suit. A sector police chief could speak (to the press) but Susno couldn't. I followed the order. I'm a sweet boy," he added.
Susno Duadji's lawyer reported an analyst, Bambang Widodo Umar, to North Jakarta Police last week for defamation and libel.
Bambang had previously said in Koran Tempo daily that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should not consider Susno as a candidate for the deputy police chief position because Susno was "problematic."