Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said he hoped the alleged corruption case against two antigraft deputies could be closed,while suggesting an out-of-the-court solution to settle the dispute
involving the Indonesian legal agencies, the Jakarta Globe reported here on Tuesday.
Conveying his decision on the case, which has attracted the public's attention for a few
months, the president said he hoped the two Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK)deputies would not be brought to court, the newspaper said.
President Susilo wanted to the settle the dispute among Indonesian police, the KPK and
the Attorney General office through an "out-of-the-court" settlement.
"The other solution and option that can be taken by the police and prosecutors is not to
take this case to court, while continuing to abide by the principle of justice," Yudhoyono said, according to the newspaper.
The case came under intense public scrutiny after the Constitutional Court (MK) played
back recordings of telephone conversations, wiretapped by the KPK, that appeared to show
efforts to fabricate charges against the two.
The president received a recommendation from a team he had initially set up to look into the case, suggesting that the police and prosecutors drop the charges against the two deputies.
His comments echoed those he made earlier on Sunday at a gathering of media editors.
The president, however, did not elaborate further.