Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – Two additional Golkar Party members have been named as suspects in an alleged document forgery scandal within the political party.
"There are two new suspects, but I'm still waiting for confirmation from the investigators for when the suspects will be questioned," National Police spokesman Brig. Gen. Agus Rianto said on Thursday.
A police investigator, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the two suspects were Mochammad Juli from the party's Lebak chapter and Suhardi from Tangerang.
The pair are charged with document forgery after allegedly falsifying a letter giving permission to attend the Golkar national congress held by Agung Laksono's faction in Ancol, North Jakarta.
Agung's rival, Aburizal Bakrie, filed a report to police accusing a number of party functionaries of forging letters which permitted their attendance to the congress. The police previously have named Hasbi Sani and Dayat Hidayat as suspects in the same case.
The suspects will be charged with violation of Article 263 of the Criminal Code and could face six years in prison if found guilty.