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The Jakarta Police on Thursday named two members of the People’s Democratic Defense as suspects in the defamation case filed two days ago by top government officials accused by them of receiving kickbacks from the Bank Century bailout.

Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Boy Rafli Amar said the warrant would be sent out by the weekend for coordinator Mustar Bonaventura and member Ferdi Semaun of the group, also known as Bendera.

The fringe nationalist group claimed on Monday that it had evidence that Rp 1.8 trillion ($191 million) from the controversial Rp 6.7 trillion Century rescue was channeled to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s campaign team, members of his inner circle and state agencies.

Among those filing the defamation complaint on Tuesday were Coordinating Minister for the Economy Hata Rajasa, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto, State Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs Andi Mallarangeng and Democratic lawmaker Edi Baskoro, the youngest son of the president.

But Arbi Sanit, a political analyst from the University of Indonesia, said the politicians had overreacted.

“It shows that they are afraid,” he said. “They have ambiguous moral values because people in power should not have been too hasty in reporting people such as Bendera,” he said.

“[Bendera] are small people. Self defense should have been their last resort.”