They both must be supported and criticized."
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The General Chairman of the Indonesian Islamic University Alumni Association (IKA-UII) of Yogyakarta, Mafud MD, will meet with the chief security minister and officials from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the National Police (Polri) in an effort to resolve the KPK-Polri conflict.

"In my capacity of the IKA-UII chairman, I will have an audience with the chief security minister, the KPK leaders and the National Police," said Mahfud, who is also the chairman of the Constitutional Court (MK), in a press statement here on Monday.

He stated that IKA-UII would not take sides with any of the two conflicting institutions and would only "focus on the public interest of fighting corruption".

Mahfud added that he would be accompanied by a number of IKA-UII executives - such as Ifdhal Kasim, AH Semendawai, Henry Yosodiningrat, Taufiqurrahman Sahuri, Ari Yusuf Amir and Suparman Marzuki, among others - during the meetings.

The MK chairman said his side must support all efforts "made by the KPK or by the police" to fight corruption.

"We do not need to corner one of the institutions. They both must be supported and criticized," he went on.

Mahfud pointed out that the KPK and the police played an equally important role in fighting corruption across the country.

"We cannot imagine the dangers the state will face if there is no authoritative and effective police," he said.

Therefore, Mahfud called on all parties to support the police and the KPK in equal measure.

"There should be no movement that pits both of them against each other," he stated.

Tensions have been rising between the KPK and the police over who should investigate the alleged corruption case involving the procurement of driving simulators by the former chief of the National Traffic Police Corps, Inspector General Djoko Susilo.

Earlier, dozens of police officers arrived at the KPK building on Friday night shortly after Djoko underwent questioning by KPK officials over his alleged involvement in the corruption case.

The police officers accused one of the KPK investigators, police commissioner Novel Baswedan, of committing a criminal act that led to the death of the victim in Bengkulu province in 2004.

However, KPK chairman Abraham Samad stated on Saturday that the police officials' accusations against Baswedan were not true. "After we examined him, we found that Baswedan did not commit a crime as the police have accused him of," he said in Semarang, Central Java.

"The KPK will do its best to prevent any effort to criminalize the anti-corruption body and any forceful arrest of its investigators who were probing into the alleged driving simulator corruption case," Abraham added.(Uu.A014/INE/KR-BSR/O001)

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