Attorney General M. Prasetyo responded to the news that media tycoon Hary Tanoesoedibjo's lawyers sued the AG backto the National Police Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) for defamation.
"That was a form of resistance from people who are facing legal process, it'slegitimate (to do so), though," said Prasetyo on Tuesday.
Prasetyo was reported for defamation after calling Hary Tanoe a suspect of a threat case.
Harry Tanoe's lawyer, Adi Dharma, on Friday explained that Prasetyo had named his client a suspect of a threat case to prosecutor Yulianto. This statement was then considered a libel by Hary's lawyer.
When asked the basis of the case, Prasetyo only said anyhandling of legal processes should always involve the Police and the Attorney General, implying that Prasetyo also has the authority in the case.
Last weekend, Prasetyo mentioned Hary Tanoe had been nameda suspect of a threat case. However, the National Police Cyber Crime Chief Sr. Comr. Fadil Imran however denied Prasetyo's statement, saying there had been no suspect naming.
The threat case itself refers to threatening text messages received by Yulianto when he was into PT Mobile-8 tax restitution case. Hary was a commissionaire in the company when the texts arrived.
After being questioned on Monday, June 12 at Bareskrim, Hary Tanoe confirmed the short message he sent to Yulianto was not a threat.
"That was not a threat. I want to end the transactional law enforcement is a plural form, I wasnt talking about a particular person," Hari told reporters.
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