Attorney General To Suspend Two Prosecutors

Jakarta (Antara Bali) - The attorney general office said it will suspend two prosecutors now in custody  on extortion charge.

The prosecutors identified only as  AFP  and  A  were earlier  arrested  for trying to extort Rp2.5 billion from a company PT BIM in East Kalimantan.

"After they are in detention for one month, I would ask the Attorney General to suspend them," Junior attorney general in charge of supervision Marwan Effendy said on the side lines of a seminar here.

Marwan said the two prosecutors could permanently be dismissed if the court found  a strong legal basis against them.

He said information about the alleged extortion plan by the two suspects came from the management of  PT. BIM who happens to know someone in the attorney general office.

The attorney general office received a report that a fake prosecutor  identified as DP tried to extort the company.The attorney general office moved and nabbed  DP  and his arrest led to the  arrest of the two  prosecutors  and  a prosecution office administration officer  who together planned the extortion, Marwan said.(IGT/T007)