The National Police said that graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin would be handed over to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) after he arrived in Indonesia.
“Nazaruddin’s arrest was initially the demand of KPK. Therefore, we will send Nazaruddin to the KPK,” National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Anton Bachrul Alam said on Wednesday.
Anton’s statement means the National Police Criminal Investigation Division would have to wait before it could have Nazaruddin testify in several cases such as the police investigation of Nazaruddin in relation to defamation accusations from Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum.
Nazaruddin is also suspected of using his cousin’s passport to flee the country and is mentioned in corruption cases involving the National Education Ministry and the Health Ministry that are being investigated by the police.
Anton said the police would wait for the KPK’s legal processes before pursuing its own questioning of Nazaruddin.
Anton added that he was confident the KPK would cooperate with the police in terms of where Nazaruddin would be detained.
Nazaruddin is a suspect in a high-profile bribery case linked to the 2011 SEA Games and was arrested by Colombian Police and Interpol in Cartagena, Colombia, on Sunday. He was later transferred to Bogota. A team of law enforcers and ministry officials was formed to facilitate his repatriation.
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