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Budi Waseso says investigations against KPK leaders will continue

Jakarta Globe - February 20, 2015

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Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police will continue the investigation of cases involving former and current Corruption Eradication Commission, or KPK, despite a truce between the two national institutions.

Comr. Gen. Budi Waseso, the National Police detective unit chief, declared on Friday there will be no order to halt the investigation.

"The criminal cases will continue. We can't treat the law however we like; we can't violate the law. We cannot stop [the cases]," Budi said. Even if Comr. Gen. Badrodin Haiti, the current National Police deputy chief and sole candidate for the top position, gets inaugurated as the National Police chief, he is unlikely to order the investigation to stop, Budi said.

"[Badrodin] really understands the police corps and law enforcement. That is why he was chosen. He must be the best among the good ones," Budi added.

Badrodin has previously said, notwithstanding his willingness to improve relations between the National Police and the KPK, the cases will proceed. "Law enforcement is a legal matter. Just because I am the chief, it doesn't mean I'll be able to do all that I want," Badrodin said.

Source: http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/cases-against-kpk-leaders-will-advance-national-police/.