Camelia Pasandaran – A Prosperous Justice Party board member said that party lawmaker, Adang Daradjatun, has the right to keep his graft suspect wife's location secret.
"Adang, as Nunun's husband, has the right to not divulge her location," Aboe Bakar Al Habsyi told the Jakarta Globe on Wednesday. "His right is protected by the law."
Adang, the former deputy police chief who is a PKS lawmaker, refused to explain where his wife Nunun Nurbaeti is now living. Nunun, who was allegedly involved in a bribery case in connection with the selection of Miranda Goeltom as Bank Indonesia's deputy governor, fled from Indonesia.
At first, Adang said that Nunun had a memory loss problem. He also claimed his wife suffered of blood vessel constriction in the brain and had to undergo several brain scans. Most recently, Adang claimed Nunun was suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Photos released last month by tempointeraktif.com showed a woman believed to be Nunun shopping in Singapore. After the photos were released, Adang said that his wife was "in my heart."
Aboe Bakar said that Adang's problem related to Nunun had nothing to do with the party and the party's effort to eradicate corruption.
"He has the full right to protect her, it has nothing to do with his membership in the PKS," Aboe said. "Moreover, her [Nunun] mistake has not been proven by the court yet."
