Dian Kuswandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sun, 06/22/2008 10:44 AM | Headlines
Murder suspect Muchdi Purwopranjono, a former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief, is now being held at the police Mobile Brigade's detention center in Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java.
Muchdi was transferred to the detention center from National Police headquarters in South Jakarta on Saturday as his family requested his arrest be suspended.
The ex-top BIN officer will be safer and more conveniently located at the Kelapa Dua detention center, where several high-profile criminal suspects like former National Police chief Gen. (ret.) Rusdihardjo are being detained.
Previously, people have protested against the detention center because of the alleged special treatment given to its detainees.
"The police criminal investigation bureau chief said it was too crowded at National Police headquarters, so Muchdi had to be transferred out," said Luthfie Hakim, one of the suspect's lawyers.
Luthfie said, Muchdi signed a list of 44 statements on Saturday after being questioned by an investigation team Friday. Luthfie said the investigators did not mention any other names when questioning Muchdi and that the questions were not referring to any other persons.
Muchdi, who was summoned for questioning by the National Police, turned himself in on Thursday.
He is charged with premeditating the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib and could face the death penalty if convicted.
Luthfie also said Muchdi's lawyers may cancel their plan to request a detention suspension on Monday.
"But we will still submit the request sometime this week. His wife and children will be responsible for him," he said.
Muchdi is believed to have conspired with pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto and former Garuda Indonesia president director Indra Setiawan in the murder of Munir.
Munir was found dead on Sept. 7, 2004 after being poisoned on board a Garuda flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam via Singapore.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court sentenced Pollycarpus to 20 years in prison for murder, while Indra was jailed for one year but walked free in April after serving eight months.
Murder suspect Muchdi Purwopranjono, a former State Intelligence Agency (BIN) deputy chief, is now being held at the police Mobile Brigade's detention center in Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java.
Muchdi was transferred to the detention center from National Police headquarters in South Jakarta on Saturday as his family requested his arrest be suspended.
The ex-top BIN officer will be safer and more conveniently located at the Kelapa Dua detention center, where several high-profile criminal suspects like former National Police chief Gen. (ret.) Rusdihardjo are being detained.
Previously, people have protested against the detention center because of the alleged special treatment given to its detainees.
"The police criminal investigation bureau chief said it was too crowded at National Police headquarters, so Muchdi had to be transferred out," said Luthfie Hakim, one of the suspect's lawyers.
Luthfie said, Muchdi signed a list of 44 statements on Saturday after being questioned by an investigation team Friday. Luthfie said the investigators did not mention any other names when questioning Muchdi and that the questions were not referring to any other persons.
Muchdi, who was summoned for questioning by the National Police, turned himself in on Thursday.
He is charged with premeditating the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib and could face the death penalty if convicted.
Luthfie also said Muchdi's lawyers may cancel their plan to request a detention suspension on Monday.
"But we will still submit the request sometime this week. His wife and children will be responsible for him," he said.
Muchdi is believed to have conspired with pilot Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto and former Garuda Indonesia president director Indra Setiawan in the murder of Munir.
Munir was found dead on Sept. 7, 2004 after being poisoned on board a Garuda flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam via Singapore.
Earlier this year, the Supreme Court sentenced Pollycarpus to 20 years in prison for murder, while Indra was jailed for one year but walked free in April after serving eight months.
