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Constitutional Court Justice Believes Tama Beating Linked to Police Corruption Allegations
July 11, 2010

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono giving the country President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono giving the country's flagging fight against corruption a much needed shot in the arm by visiting beaten corruption investigator Tama Satya Langkun in hospital in Jakarta on Saturday. Constitutional Court Chairman Mahfud MD says he believes the attack could be linked to Tama's role in reporting a number of police generals to the Corruption Eradication Commission.
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peterR
7:21am Jul 12, 2010

It is good that SBY visited this true Indonesian hero, for after all, by default he is responsible.

Valkyrie
6:13pm Jul 11, 2010

Jeez, there's mileage for numero uno with that visitation being flashed across the nation's tv stations. Roland, I too hope that he will pursue this matter and punish "wisely" the perpetrators, when apprehended.

Now, we are going to watch if there's true meaning with the saying about it taking a thief,.......to catch a thief.

The self proclaimed IT expert i feel, will be gunning for Twitter Fools postion. Send in the clowns!!!

Roland
4:39pm Jul 11, 2010

I am glad to see that the President has the decency to visit Tama in the hospital and shows to the public (and I hope very dearly also to the perpetrators) his stance in this particular case. What I think was not all to good was though that he kept for a certain involved party a back-door open by mentioning that there might be a mysterious third party involved.

Now the police can indeed show how professional they are by solving this crime fully, and not only alleged petty "crimes" (it's actually too much to call it even a crime!) of Indo-celebrities making some odd home videos. And a suggestion - please try for a change it with good old detective work and not with "advanced scientific forensic methods" as one can see that it simply doesn't work and does not bring any results (except dragging some self proclaimed "IT-experts" completely unnecessary into the spotlight!)

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Constitutional Court Chairman Mahfud MD says the attack on Indonesian Corruption Watch activist Tama Satya Langkun was the manifestation of resistance to the national antigraft drive.

“The motive of the attack is resentment against the corruption eradication efforts. However, the incident must not make us too afraid to continue the fight against corruption,” he said after visiting Tama, 25, in a Jakarta hospital on Saturday.

Mahfud said he believed the attack was linked to reports about suspicious accounts of several high ranking police officers. Tama was among the ICW activists who provided the Corruption Eradication Commission with details of the suspicious accounts.

“According to me it is because of the allegations. Therefore the police must be able to stop it and be impartial if later it was found that police officers had asked some persons to do it,” he said of the attack that left Tama with injuries to his head, body and legs.

Mahfud, however, said it remained to be proven who had attacked Tama and what their motivations were. “I have observed series of incidents that happened before the ICW made a stance. I believe it was done by those who oppose corruption eradication but who they are and where they come from still have yet to be unveiled,” he said.

 Mahfud believed the police would be able to uncover the case if they were serious.

“The police have good records of unveiling difficult cases such as mutilation, baby theft and others,” he said adding that police must solve the case “so that the people would not become restless.”

 Four people attacked Tama in Duren Tiga, South Jakarta, early on Thursday morning.


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