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Fri, 02/19/2010 - 18:33
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POLICE ARREST TWO BENDERA ACTIVISTS
Jakarta, Feb 15 (ANTARA) - Jakarta police on Monday arrested two Bendera (People's Democracy Fortress) activists, Mustar Bonaventura and Ferdi Simaun, for having allegedly defamed certain state officials and business people.
The National Police Headquarters' official spokesman, Insp Gen Edward Aritonang, said Monday night the two men were forcibly picked up after they had failed to meet two police summonses.
"Instead of sending them a third summons, we picked them up and brought them to the Jakarta police headquarters for questioning. Police investigators did this straightaway," he said.
To make the arrest , the police had had to send officers to Bandung, West Java, where the two activists happened to be earlier on Monday. "When officers were to take them to Jakarta, they did not resist," Edward said.
Edward said the two were suspects in the reported defamation of Edi Baskoro Yudhoyono, a politician from the Democrat Party and son of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa and Sports and Youth Affair Minister Andi Mallarangeng.
Three business people, Rizal Mallarangeng, Choel Mallarangeng and Siti Hartati Murdaya Poo had also reported the two actvisits to the police for defamation.
The state officials and business people had reported Mustar and Ferdi for having publicly claimed they had received part of the state funds to bail out troubled Bank Century.
The National Police Headquarters' official spokesman, Insp Gen Edward Aritonang, said Monday night the two men were forcibly picked up after they had failed to meet two police summonses.
"Instead of sending them a third summons, we picked them up and brought them to the Jakarta police headquarters for questioning. Police investigators did this straightaway," he said.
To make the arrest , the police had had to send officers to Bandung, West Java, where the two activists happened to be earlier on Monday. "When officers were to take them to Jakarta, they did not resist," Edward said.
Edward said the two were suspects in the reported defamation of Edi Baskoro Yudhoyono, a politician from the Democrat Party and son of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa and Sports and Youth Affair Minister Andi Mallarangeng.
Three business people, Rizal Mallarangeng, Choel Mallarangeng and Siti Hartati Murdaya Poo had also reported the two actvisits to the police for defamation.
The state officials and business people had reported Mustar and Ferdi for having publicly claimed they had received part of the state funds to bail out troubled Bank Century.
