Rabu 08 Feb 2017 22:17 WIB

The case of alleged money laundering is acrobat of law: Treasurer of GNPF

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Foto: Republika/Agung Supriyanto

Chairman of the National Movement to Safeguard the Indonesian Council of Ulama's Fatwa (GNPF MUI) Bachtiar Nasir (left) together with the Advisor of GNPF MUI Habib M Riziq Shibab in a press conference regarding the 411 rally in Jakarta, Saturday (November 5, 2016).

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Treasurer of GNPF MUI, M Luthfie Hakim, called the case of alleged money laundering of the Yayasan Keadilan untuk Semua (Justice for All Foundation) as an acrobat of law. There were some oddities that he found in the summonses against Chairman of GNPF MUI, ustaz Bachtiar Nasir. "First of all, the letter was signed and sent two days prior the questioning session," Luthfie who was also the vice chairman of Indonesian Advocat Association (Peradi) texted to Republika.co.id on Wednesday.

Secondly, Luthfie said the summonses did not met the logic of law in the case of money laundering. According to Luthfie, money laundering was the acts of hiding flow of fund obtained from illegal sources and disguised it to appeared not illegal. "GNPF open the information regarding its bank account number to the public and it was spread widely in the social media in the form of meme," he reiterated.

Luthfie remarked that his name as treasurer of the National Movement to Safeguard the Indonesian Council of Ulama's Fatwa (GNPF MUI) also been included in the fund raising posters. His post paid cell phone number also been posted in the posters. "What did we hide?" he asked retoric.

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Responding to the allegation, Luthfie said the issue was forced to be a case.

Meanwhile, in the summonses, police said ustaz Bachtiar was about to be questioned on the issue of transfer of wealth to the supervisors, managers and supervisors of the foundation in the form of wages, salary or honorarium or other form that can be valued in money.

The police did not stated the name of the foundation. Therefore, ustaz Bachtiar sent Kapitra Ampera as Head of Advocate Team of the National Movement to Safeguard the Indonesian Council of Ulama's Fatwa's (GNPF MUI) lawyer to meet with the investigator. "It was related to Yayasan Keadilan untuk Semua's fund," Kapitra said at the office of the Criminal Investigation Division of the National Police on Wednesday.

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