Disgraced Police Officers to Stand Trial in Djoko Tjandra Scandal

Insp. Gen. Napoleon Bonarpate, right, talks with National Authorities Chief Idham Azis in this undated photo. (B1 Photo)

Jakarta. Two high ranking law enforcement officer are slated to stand trial today for allegedly taking kickback from Djoko Tjandra in return for removing the business person from the Interpol wanted list.

Djoko was a graft fugitive when he went back to the country earlier this year to ask for an evaluation against his conviction, renew his ID card and obtain an Indonesian passport in spite of efforts by prosecutors to arrest him since 2009.

He was ultimately detained in Kuala Lumpur on July 30 following public outcry over his resistance throughout his return under the nose of law enforcement officials.

It was later found that his return and travel were assisted in by several high-ranking law enforcement officer, migration authorities and a female district attorney, enabling him to get all the files he desired and take a trip easily between cities.

The 2 officers, Insp. General Napoleon Bonaparte and Brig. General Prasetijo Utomo, are implicated of removing Djoko from the Interpol red notice that allowed him to pass the immigration checks upon arrival without suspicion.

Prasetijo also assisted him produce a coronavirus complimentary certificate so that Djoko might take a trip by plane during his stay in the nation in between May and June, according to authorities investigation.


Napoleon was a senior personnel at the Interpol’s National Central Bureau in Jakarta when Djoko was removed from the wanted list in2014 He last acted as the head of the National Authorities’s International Relations and Transnational Crimes Department that manages the NCB prior to being removed of his duties during investigation into the scandal.

Cops think that Napoleon is accountable for clearing Djoko from the international alert system, paving method for the found guilty to make it through the immigration checks when going into Indonesia.

Prasetijo was the first to be implicated with the scandal after it emerged that he provided documents that enabled Djoko to travel in between cities in June regardless of an arrest warrant issued by prosecutors 11 years ago.

Both males will be tried by the Central Jakarta District Court, commanded by Judge Muhammad Damis who is also the head of the district court, court spokesperson Bambang Nurcahyono stated.

The same court will likewise try business owner Andi Irfan Jaya, who is implicated of carrying the bribe cash from Djoko to District Attorney Pinangki Sirna Malasari.

The district attorney supposedly has received $500,000 for assisting Djoko acquire a Supreme Court order specifying that the convict ought to not serve his 2 years’ imprisonment. She is being attempted separately by the Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court.

The trial versus Andi will start on Wednesday.

Djoko was convicted of corruption in 2009 and sentenced to two years in jail in a case emanating from the financial obligation settlement between Bank Bali and the now-defunct Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA).

He first stood trial in 2000 and won the case at the district court and the appeal court. The Supreme Court reversed his acquittal in 2009 after a case review requested by district attorneys.

Djoko has actually currently left the nation when the ruling was provided in June 2009.