REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MAKASSAR -- Suspended comissioner of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Abraham Samad finally met a summon for questioning at the South and West Sulawesi Regional Police headquarters here Tuesday for an alleged document falsification case.
Samad showed up at the police precinct, accompanied by his friend named Upi Asmaradana and team of lawyers, at about 12.45 pm local time.
During the questioning, a staff member of the antigraft body named Indra Mantongbati accompanied him.
"I am accompanying him during the questioning," Mantongbati said.
The Indonesian Legal Aid (YLBHI) office has provided him with a team of lawyers, who consist of, among others, Abraham Abdul Aziz, Adnan Buyung Aziz, Abdul Kadir Wakonubun, Dahlan, Muhajir, Mursal, Zulkifli Hasanuddin, Budi Wijardjo and Ridwan Bakar.
Abraham Samad's lawyer, Noersjahbani Katjasungkana, told journalists in Jakarta a week ago that he would not meet the summons of the South and West Sulawesi Regional Police command for questioning.
He was named a suspect in the alleged document falsification case by the South and West Sulawesi Regional Police on February 9, 2015.
Spokesman of the South and West Sulawesi Police Senior Commissioner Endi Sutendi recently said Samad was named a suspect for allegedly falsifying a residence administration document based on a report by Feriyani Lim.
In this case, the police investigators accuse Samad of helping Feriyani falsify copies of the Family Card and Identity Card when she was applying for the issuance of a passport in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi Province, in 2007.
In response to the legal case he is facing, Abraham Samad has called on the Indonesian people to pray for him.
"I do believe that I am not guilty. I hope the people kindly pray for me and support me so that this case can soon be resolved," he said.
The police named Samad a suspect amid the antigraft body-police conflict. President Joko Widodo then resolved the conflict between the KPK and police on February 18, 2015 by nominating Commissioner General Badrodin Haiti as the police chief candidate and selecting three acting KPK commissioners.
The figures that Presiden Joko Widodo chose to replace Abraham Samad and Bambang Widjojanto (the KPK commissioner who was named in the Kotawaringin Barat election dispute case) and to fill a vacant commissioner position were Taufiequrrahman Ruki (former KPK chairman), Indriyanto Senoaji (the University of Indonesia's law expert), and Johan Budi (KPK's prevention unit head).
The KPK-Police conflict surfaced after the anti-graft body named Budi Gunawan, the sole candidate for police chief, in a corruption case on January 13, 2015.
KPK investigators accused Budi Gunawan of receiving bribes through suspicious transactions when he headed the Police Headquarters' Career Planning Bureau during 2003-2006 and held other posts in police.
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