Daftar Hotel - The list of possible identifies of the mysterious Mr. X — allegedly the real actor behind case brokering at the National Police — may soon be narrowed a bit, with one person named Syahril Johan saying he would come out to deny that he is the alleged case broker.
According to the former director of the anti-drugs directorate at the National Police, Brig. Gen. Indradi Thanos, Syahril had told him: “I never bribed a police officer and I will hold a news conference soon after I came back to Indonesia. I want to clarify the situation.”
Hotel di Semarang Several reports in recent days days have speculated on the identity of the Syahril Johan believed to be the civilian case broker Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji, the National Police’s former chief detective, was referring to last week.
Susno told the House of Representatives’ Commission III, which oversees legal and political affairs, that a retired police general identified as MP had been working alongside a civilian identified as SJ, or Mr. X.
MP is believed to be Comr. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara, the National Police’s retired former deputy chief who acknowledged on Friday that Syahril was a friend but said he had never done favors for the buinessman.
The Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force said on Monday it would work with the National Police to track down Syahril.
“There is a lot of information [in the media]. Some reports say he’s in Australia, some in Singapore, others say he never left the country,” Denny Indrayana, the task force secretary, said on Monday after a two-hour meeting with Susno.
“We will contact immigration to see which one is accurate and with the help of police will track Syahril down,” he said.
“We are trying to dig more information that Susno did not have the chance to give us the first time we met,” Denny said, adding that the team was seeking details “on the Gayus case and the arowana [fish farm] case in Riau.”
“We have information that the same perpetrators might be involved,” he said.
The first case Denny was referring to was the criminal case against tax official Gayus Tambunan, who caught police attention after his bank accounts mysteriously ballooned to Rp 28 billion ($3.1 million).
Susno alleged that several police officers were bribed in exchange for going easy on Gayus in court and later unfreezing his bank account.
There is little information available on the second case, but Susno has hinted that Syahril also played a role in a criminal case related to an arowana fish farm in Pekanbaru, Riau, handled by the National Police last year.
Separately, the Attorney General’s Office confirmed that a Sjahril Johan had spent at least a year as a part-time officer for the attorney general and that his stint was temporary.
“Sjahril Johan was recruited as a special staff member of the then-attorney general, Marzuki Darusman, between 1999 and 2000,” AGO spokesman Didiek Darmanto said. “The former attorney general himself is eager to clarify whether the Sjahril mentioned by [Susno] is the same person who was on Marzuki’s special staff. We are still awaiting confirmation about that.
“[Sjahril] was appointed as a special staff member for one year to gather information for prosecutors. He doesn’t belong to the prosecutor’s organization, he is an outsider recruited for a special task and no longer works here.”
Thanos said the Syahril he used to work with was a former diplomat.
“I needed him with his background as a diplomat because at the time I was appointed chairman of the International Drugs Enforcement Agencies for Far East Asia in 2006 and 2008,” he said.
According to Thanos, “as far as I know he was not a case broker. I have already confronted him with this allegation and he said no.”
Task force member Mas Achmad Santosa said if Syahril had already fled the country, the team would resort to persuasive measures to bring him home, as it did with Gayus.
Denny and Santosa met Gayus in Singapore last month and successfully persuaded him to return to Jakarta. They told him it was only a matter of time before Singaporean police arrested him for entering the country on a fake passport.
National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Edward Aritonang, however, said there was no basis yet to summon Syahril, with none of the seven suspects in the Gayus case having mentioned his involvement.
“Actually there is no basis to summon him because we allege that the mastermind of this case, who is also a case broker, is Gayus’s former lawyer, Haposan Hutagalung.”
But Aritonang said investigators were still working to find more evidence related to Syahril. “Our independent police team will invite Pak Susno Duadji to give more information about Johan,” he said.
According to the former director of the anti-drugs directorate at the National Police, Brig. Gen. Indradi Thanos, Syahril had told him: “I never bribed a police officer and I will hold a news conference soon after I came back to Indonesia. I want to clarify the situation.”
Hotel di Semarang Several reports in recent days days have speculated on the identity of the Syahril Johan believed to be the civilian case broker Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji, the National Police’s former chief detective, was referring to last week.
Susno told the House of Representatives’ Commission III, which oversees legal and political affairs, that a retired police general identified as MP had been working alongside a civilian identified as SJ, or Mr. X.
MP is believed to be Comr. Gen. Makbul Padmanagara, the National Police’s retired former deputy chief who acknowledged on Friday that Syahril was a friend but said he had never done favors for the buinessman.
The Judicial Mafia Eradication Task Force said on Monday it would work with the National Police to track down Syahril.
“There is a lot of information [in the media]. Some reports say he’s in Australia, some in Singapore, others say he never left the country,” Denny Indrayana, the task force secretary, said on Monday after a two-hour meeting with Susno.
“We will contact immigration to see which one is accurate and with the help of police will track Syahril down,” he said.
“We are trying to dig more information that Susno did not have the chance to give us the first time we met,” Denny said, adding that the team was seeking details “on the Gayus case and the arowana [fish farm] case in Riau.”
“We have information that the same perpetrators might be involved,” he said.
The first case Denny was referring to was the criminal case against tax official Gayus Tambunan, who caught police attention after his bank accounts mysteriously ballooned to Rp 28 billion ($3.1 million).
Susno alleged that several police officers were bribed in exchange for going easy on Gayus in court and later unfreezing his bank account.
There is little information available on the second case, but Susno has hinted that Syahril also played a role in a criminal case related to an arowana fish farm in Pekanbaru, Riau, handled by the National Police last year.
Separately, the Attorney General’s Office confirmed that a Sjahril Johan had spent at least a year as a part-time officer for the attorney general and that his stint was temporary.
“Sjahril Johan was recruited as a special staff member of the then-attorney general, Marzuki Darusman, between 1999 and 2000,” AGO spokesman Didiek Darmanto said. “The former attorney general himself is eager to clarify whether the Sjahril mentioned by [Susno] is the same person who was on Marzuki’s special staff. We are still awaiting confirmation about that.
“[Sjahril] was appointed as a special staff member for one year to gather information for prosecutors. He doesn’t belong to the prosecutor’s organization, he is an outsider recruited for a special task and no longer works here.”
Thanos said the Syahril he used to work with was a former diplomat.
“I needed him with his background as a diplomat because at the time I was appointed chairman of the International Drugs Enforcement Agencies for Far East Asia in 2006 and 2008,” he said.
According to Thanos, “as far as I know he was not a case broker. I have already confronted him with this allegation and he said no.”
Task force member Mas Achmad Santosa said if Syahril had already fled the country, the team would resort to persuasive measures to bring him home, as it did with Gayus.
Denny and Santosa met Gayus in Singapore last month and successfully persuaded him to return to Jakarta. They told him it was only a matter of time before Singaporean police arrested him for entering the country on a fake passport.
National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Edward Aritonang, however, said there was no basis yet to summon Syahril, with none of the seven suspects in the Gayus case having mentioned his involvement.
“Actually there is no basis to summon him because we allege that the mastermind of this case, who is also a case broker, is Gayus’s former lawyer, Haposan Hutagalung.”
But Aritonang said investigators were still working to find more evidence related to Syahril. “Our independent police team will invite Pak Susno Duadji to give more information about Johan,” he said.
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