Photos allegedly showing Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspect Nunun Nurbaeti strolling the streets of Bangkok and Singapore have emerged, putting new pressure on the KPK and the National Police to arrest the graft suspect and bring her home for trial.
Online news portal tempo.co published two photos on Wednesday that showed a mature woman, who it claimed was Nunun, in Singapore and Thailand.
In the first photo, the woman is seen strolling in a shopping district of Singapore accompanied by another woman of her age.
The second photo was taken in Bangkok, Thailand, the news portal claimed, adding that the photos were taken “a couple of months ago”.
Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) lawmaker and former National Police deputy chief Comr. Gen. (ret) Adang Daradjatun, who is also Nunun’s husband, confirmed reports that Nunun was currently in Singapore.
“Yes, yes, [Nunun is in Singapore] but she is not there [on holiday], she is there for medical treatment,” Adang said on Wednesday.
Adang rebuffed claims that his wife was healthy and went to Singapore for a holiday. He reiterated that Nunun went to Singapore for medical treatment, claiming his wife had Alzheimer’s disease and would not be able to wander alone on the streets of Singapore without medical supervision.
In contrast to Adang’s statements, both the Singaporean and Thai embassies denied that the 62-year-old fugitive was currently resident in their respective countries
“Earlier this year, Nunun was indeed in Thailand. According to the Thai immigration office, Nunun then left for Laos, they have no record of her re-entering Thailand since then,”
Muhammad Hatta, the Indonesian ambassador to Thailand, told reporters in Bangkok on Wednesday.
Hatta also said a KPK team had gone to Thailand few months ago to look for Nunun but the efforts were halted due to Thailand’s legal system prohibiting foreign agencies from conducting legal investigations in the country.
Nunun is wanted by the KPK and police for allegedly disbursing travelers checks to several legislators in return for voting for Miranda S. Goeltom, in the 2004 Bank Indonesia senior deputy-governor election.
Although the KPK officially named Nunun as a suspect in May, Nunun has been missing since March last year, reportedly going to Singapore for medical treatment for her disease that causes amnesia.
Immigration data also showed that Nunun visited Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia in the last six months. Efforts by the police and KPK to trace her whereabouts have been to no avail.
The police have also coordinated with Interpol, with the latter issuing a red notice requesting assistance from police forces in its 188 member-countries to arrest Nunun.
KPK spokesman Johan Budi told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday that the antigraft body was still “clueless” as to Nunun’s current whereabouts.
“First and foremost, we will check out when the pictures were taken as she did once fly [to Singapore],” he said.
Meanwhile, Adang told reporters that he had been protecting Nunun all along, and challenged the KPK to try him for his actions.
“It’s me, it’s definitely me who protected Nunun],” Adang said. “I am her husband; I want her to get well. Just prosecute me if I have violated the law.”
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