Indonesian lawyer challenges police to name businessman whose money was found in safe

Police investigating corruption and money laundering in South Jakarta discovered a safe filled with documents and foreign currency at the De'Clan restaurant and Koin Money Changer. The joint investigation by the Metro Jaya Regional Police and the National Police's Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime Center (Kortas Tipidkor) uncovered the assets during searches in Cipete.

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If you ask where this money came from, whose money it is, it is a collaboration with a businessman.

According to Kombes Budi Hermanto, spokesperson for the Metro Jaya Police, the searches were part of an investigation into three cases of alleged corruption and money laundering. However, the lawyer for suspect Don Ritto, Handika Honggowongso, has claimed the money, estimated at around 67.2 billion rupiah, belongs to a businessman.

Hangka has dared the police to publicly identify the businessman, stating, "If you ask where this money came from, whose money it is, it is a collaboration with a businessman." He added that he was afraid to reveal the name himself and urged media to question the police. "Please, media friends, ask the Kortas Tipidkor or Polda Metro Jaya who this businessman is. We don't dare to mention it," Handika said.

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Please, media friends, ask the Kortas Tipidkor or Polda Metro Jaya who this businessman is. We don't dare to mention it.

Hangka further claimed the money was intended to support President Prabowo Subianto's administration in building infrastructure in Kalimantan, specifically mentioning a project for a pier or port in East Kalimantan. The funds were reportedly stored in a suitcase inside the safe, with Handika noting the suitcase was a "President" brand.

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It is a collaboration with a businessman to build a pier or port in the East Kalimantan region.