There is nothing strange about the arrests of Indonesian anticorruption chiefs Chandra M Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said on Friday
“It is not an extraordinary thing for a person who is under investigation to be arrested,” he said in a press conference at the State Palace on Friday.
Yudhoyono said the arrest sparked controversy because Chandra and Bibit are Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officers.
“It has become a controversy because both of them are KPK leaders and many people did not believe that KPK leaders could commit a corruption-related crime, and also the issue of friction between KPK and the police over the last three months,” said Yudhoyono.
Yudhoyono said the arrests were within police authority and were carried out according to the law. He said he had asked the National Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri to explain the arrest during a meeting on Friday morning.
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