Reply-To: "Harry Bleckert" From: "Harry Bleckert" To: "Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas \(KPK\)", "Amien Sunaryadi \(KPK\)" Cc: "Anton Sujata \(Ombudsman for Indonesia\)", "Dewa Beratha \(Gubernur Bali\)", "Emmy Hafild \(TI Indonesia\)", "Erna Witoelar \(UN Ambassador for MDP\)", "Anton Stadler \(UN - Global Compact Networks\)", "Kishan Khoday \(UNDP Jakarta\)", "German Consulate Bali", "Azhari \(Lawyer\)" , "German Embassy Jakarta" Subject: Please help: Police Extortion on Bali Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 04:00:19 +0800 Organization: I Md. Sambu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; type="multipart/alternative"; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_00B0_01C53E4A.FA5E1920" X-Priority: 1 X-MSMail-Priority: High X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2055 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2055 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00B0_01C53E4A.FA5E1920 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_00B1_01C53E4A.FA5E1920" ------=_NextPart_001_00B1_01C53E4A.FA5E1920 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Honorable Commissioners Bp. Erry Hardjapamekas and Bp. Amien Sunaryadi, Since October 23, 2004, cv. Candi Internet has been accused by Bali = police to provide unlicensed ISP services. This is not true! We never even provided ISP services to the public at = all, but had a business plan known by and reported to DirJen PosTel and = Bali Frequency Monitoring before police ever raided our office plus we = have a legal franchise agreement with the holder of a national ISP = license. True is that the same police squad which investigates us and Bali = Frequency Monitoring both know about 5-10 completely unlicensed Internet = Service Providers here on Bali at least since September 2004 and both = have reasons to let them continue their business without ever bothering = to investigate their cases. We can prove that. Please allow me to first introduce myself: My name is Harry Bleckert, I am living on Bali since 1998. My wife is from Bali and we have one daughter of eight years. I am a = german citizen. I was given the Balinese name Made Sambu in a religious ceremony short = time after arriving on Bali and that's what the Balinese call me. I work for cv. Candi Internet as Manager for Business development since = 2001 and police is aware that I am the responsible person for any and = all business decisions. But my wife Sang Ayu, who is a dedicated mother and housewife, has been = declared the only suspect in this case. I was called to attend police interrogation only as a witness and only = one time. Ever since living on Bali I was involved in social activities, specially = after the 2002 Kuta bombing and during the SARS epidemic in 2003. References of my activities can be found at http://BaliSOS.com=20 Now I am involved in a bad case of police extortion here on Bali and ask = you as Commissioners of KPK to provide help urgently. Yesterday, after I heard from a friend about a police PR release = regarding our case and resulting evening broadcast on Bali TV Sunday = night, April 10, I decided to publish part of the case details on the = web at http://BaliWireless.com as a means of protection. Since October 2004, when police "confiscated" part of our equipment, we = froze all ISP business plans. Just last week we re-established a vsat link, sponsored MCGA Conference = in Ritz Carlton Hotel Bali (Corruption in Asia - how it affects Business = and Nations) with Internet access and started preparations to operate as = branch office of our Jakarta based partner PT. Pasifik Lintas Buana. Being aware that I am already traumatized by more than 5 months of = extortion, I perceive this police media campaign not as a mere timely = coincidence. I am afraid police or prosecutors here will arrest my Balinese wife any = time now in order to blackmail me into paying money and make me give up = our business plans. However, assuming that we never operated any unlicensed business nor = violated any law, I do now understand how police has the guts to go = public with a bunch of lies and legally empty hands. It scares me! My wife and my business has been victimized, criminalized and = blackmailed by police officers and prosecutors for more than 5 months. We desperately ask for the attention and help of: His Excellency Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang, President of Indonesia, who is = dedicated to eradicate corruption,=20 The Government and the People of Bali,=20 Anton Sujata, Ombudsman for Indonesia,=20 Erry Hardjapamekas and Amien Sunaryadi, Commissioners of KPK and Emmy Hafild from Transparency International Indonesia I humbly ask United Nations, represented by Anton Stadler, Head of = Global Compact Outreach/Networks=20 and her Excellency Ibu Erna Witoelar, UN Special Ambassador for the = Millennium Development Goals: Please study the details of this case and monitor what police and = prosecutors are doing to my family and my business. I ask you to investigate police and prosecutors as involved in our case = for possible law abuse, extortion and corruption. And please provide legal protection for my family, for me and for my = family business.=20 1.. cv. Candi Internet never started ISP business to date 2.. When police asked for cv. Candi Internet's ISP license, police has = been shown a notarized exclusive franchise agreement between PT. Pasifik = Lintas Buana (VIPNET), who are holding an operational national ISP = license, and cv. Candi Internet. Such franchises are common in Indonesia, IndoNet is one of the = national ISPs operating mostly through franchise partners. 3.. On October 23, 2004, police invaded our office and confiscated a = satellite modem plus a router worth about US$ 8,000 by force and by = threat of arrest if we would resist their demands. Police took our equipment just minutes after they looked at our = franchise agreement for the first time, which they declared being = illegal.=20 We have been told by various lawyers that police ignored and abused = the law by sweeping our office the way they did, by refusing to = seriously investigate the legality of our franchise agreement, by = confiscating equipment without having any court order and by the way = investigations were conducted. 4.. A few days after the sweeping, Detik magazine published two = reports about this sweeping condemning it as illegal, as they claimed = amongst other statements, that police had no right to investigate ISP = licenses without authorization by DirJen PosTel, the Jakarta based = governmental department in charge of licensing. Police complained with us that we informed the media -which we did = not- and told the Bali Media plain lies about their subjects of = investigation via police PR department on October 29. They told us that "this was their revenge" and we should not contact = the media again, else we would get into real trouble. Our lawyer unsuccessfully investigated at Polda Bali who was = responsible for the press release.=20 The PR department of Polda Bali declared they never informed the press = and so did the department of ResKrim which is responsible for the = ongoing investigations. Today, on Sunday, April 10, 2005, Bali TV broadcasted a report about = police investigations against cv. Candi Internet. Two police officers made false statements against us and the results = of their investigation: Tri Kuncoro and Idodo. Both of them were involved from the beginning and participated in the = sweeping from October 23. They are members of the "Bali Cyber Crime Squad" and well known by = unlicensed ISPs here on Bali. Earlier this year Mr. Idodo was on Bali TV as investigative specialist = for abortion in a popular case labelled "Kasus Aborsi Dr. Gigi". In January 2005, we were told by our lawyer, that our case has been = moved to the prosecutor's office, then back to police asking them to = "find something else", as the prosecutor admitted that the "case was = week" but police would "loose their face" if the case was to be = dismissed.=20 My lawyer informed me in March that the case has moved to the = prosecutor again and is out of police hands now. He said the prosecutor told him that he was determined to bring the = case to court, but on which charges our lawyer could not find out. 5.. Since October 23, 2004 cv. Candi Internet was effectively blocked = from starting our new ISP business as planned. This is not the place or time to make statements if there were any = requests for money from police or prosecutors. 6.. This is a long and sad story of law abuse, extortion and complete = lack of legal competence. Our partner PT. Pasifik Lintas Buana is currently establishing a = branch office on Bali and is preparing to start ISP business here. We are finalizing licensing of PT. CandiNet, a new foreign investment = company, scheduled to operate in a joint venture partnership with PT. = Pasifik Lintas Buana.=20 Further details about this case have been published on the Internet = already and are currently being organized and completed. Please click on this link to view the available files: = http://BaliWireless.com/reskrim/ Copies of all letters, publications, etc. and a chronology of events is = available from our lawyer R. Azhari (lawyerbali@yahoo.com) and from me. Greetings=20 Made Sambu (Harry Bleckert) Director Business Development=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- cv. Candi Internet=20 Jl. Raya Seminyak 16b, Seminyak, Kuta, 80361 Bali=20 Phone: +62 (361) 737-157, 7439-740 or +62 (818) 357-726=20 MSN Messenger: MadeSambu@MSN.com=20 Websites: BaliWireless.com - BaliService.com=20 =20 ------=_NextPart_001_00B1_01C53E4A.FA5E1920 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Honorable Commissioners Bp.=20 Erry Hardjapamekas and Bp. Amien Sunaryadi,

Since October 23, 2004, cv. Candi Internet has been = accused by=20 Bali police to provide unlicensed ISP services.

This is not true! = We never even provided ISP services to the public at all, but = had a=20 business plan known by and reported to DirJen PosTel and Bali Frequency=20 Monitoring before police ever raided our office plus we have a legal = franchise=20 agreement with the holder of a national ISP license.
True is that the same police squad which investigates us = and Bali=20 Frequency Monitoring both know about 5-10 completely unlicensed Internet = Service=20 Providers here on Bali at least since September 2004 and both have = reasons to=20 let them continue their business without ever bothering to = investigate=20 their cases. We can prove that.

Please allow me to first = introduce=20 myself:
My name is Harry Bleckert, I am living on Bali since 1998.
My = wife is=20 from Bali and we have one daughter of eight years. I am a = german=20 citizen.
I was given the Balinese name Made Sambu in a religious = ceremony short time after arriving on Bali and that's what the Balinese = call=20 me.

I work for cv. Candi Internet as Manager for Business = development=20 since 2001 and police is aware that I am the responsible person for any = and all=20 business decisions.
But my wife Sang Ayu, who is a dedicated mother = and=20 housewife, has been declared the only suspect in this case.
I was = called to=20 attend police interrogation only as a witness and only one time.
Ever since living on Bali I was involved in social activities, = specially=20 after the 2002 Kuta bombing and during the SARS epidemic in = 2003.
References=20 of my activities can be found at http://BaliSOS.com

Now I am = involved in a=20 bad case of police extortion here on = Bali and=20 ask you as Commissioners of KPK to provide help=20 urgently.

Most of my indonesian friends believe = this=20 case to be what they call "a business problem", meaning one of our = future=20 competitors was supposedly so afraid that he hired police officers to = block my=20 company from entering the ISP market on Bali.

Yesterday, after I heard = from a=20 friend about a police PR release regarding our case and resulting = evening=20 broadcast on Bali TV Sunday night, April = 10, I=20 decided to publish part of the case details on the web at http://BaliWireless.com as a means of=20 protection.

Since October 2004, when police "confiscated" part of = our=20 equipment, we froze all ISP business plans.
Just last week we = re-established=20 a vsat link, sponsored MCGA Conference in Ritz Carlton Hotel Bali = (Corruption in=20 Asia - how it affects Business and Nations) with Internet = access and=20 started preparations to operate as branch office of our Jakarta based = partner=20 PT. Pasifik Lintas Buana.

Being aware that I am already = traumatized by=20 more than 5 months of extortion, I perceive this police media campaign = not as a=20 mere timely coincidence.
I am afraid police or prosecutors here will = arrest=20 my Balinese wife any time now in order to blackmail me into paying money = and=20 make me give up our business plans.
However, assuming that we never = operated=20 any unlicensed business nor violated any law, I do now understand how = police has=20 the guts to go public with a bunch of lies and legally empty = hands.
It scares me!

My wife and my business has = been=20 victimized, criminalized and blackmailed by police officers and = prosecutors for=20 more than 5 months.
We desperately ask for the attention and = help=20 of:

His Excellency Yudhoyono Susilo Bambang, President = of=20 Indonesia, who is dedicated to eradicate corruption,
The Government = and the=20 People of Bali,
Anton Sujata, Ombudsman for Indonesia,
Erry=20 Hardjapamekas and Amien Sunaryadi, Commissioners of KPK and
Emmy = Hafild from=20 Transparency International Indonesia

I humbly ask United Nations, = represented by Anton Stadler, Head of Global Compact Outreach/Networks =
and=20 her Excellency Ibu Erna Witoelar, UN Special Ambassador for the = Millennium=20 Development Goals:

Please study the details of this case = and=20 monitor what police and prosecutors are doing to my family and my = business.
I=20 ask you to investigate police and prosecutors as involved in our case = for=20 possible law abuse, extortion and corruption.
And please provide = legal=20 protection for my family, for me and for my family = business.=20

  1. cv. Candi Internet never started ISP business to = date
  2. When police asked for cv. Candi Internet's ISP = license,=20 police has been shown a notarized exclusive franchise agreement = between PT.=20 Pasifik Lintas Buana (VIPNET), who are holding an operational = national ISP license, and cv. Candi Internet.
    Such franchises are = common in=20 Indonesia, IndoNet is one of the national ISPs operating mostly = through=20 franchise partners.
  3. On October 23, 2004, police invaded our office and = confiscated a satellite modem plus a router worth about US$ 8,000 by = force and=20 by threat of arrest if we would resist their demands.
    Police took = our=20 equipment just minutes after they looked at our franchise agreement = for the=20 first time, which they declared being illegal.

    We have been = told by=20 various lawyers that police ignored and abused the law by sweeping our = office=20 the way they did, by refusing to seriously investigate the legality of = our=20 franchise agreement, by confiscating equipment without having any = court order=20 and by the way investigations were conducted.
  4. A few days after the sweeping, Detik magazine = published two=20 reports about this sweeping condemning it as illegal, as they claimed = amongst=20 other statements, that police had no right to investigate ISP licenses = without=20 authorization by DirJen PosTel, the Jakarta based governmental = department in=20 charge of licensing.
    Police complained with us that we informed the = media=20 -which we did not- and told the Bali Media plain lies about their = subjects of=20 investigation via police PR department on October 29.
    They told us = that=20 "this was their revenge" and we should not contact the media again, = else we=20 would get into real trouble.
    Our lawyer unsuccessfully investigated = at=20 Polda Bali who was responsible for the press release.
    The PR = department of=20 Polda Bali declared they never informed the press and so did the = department of=20 ResKrim which is responsible for the ongoing = investigations.
    Today,=20 on Sunday, April 10, 2005, Bali TV broadcasted a report about = police=20 investigations against cv. Candi Internet.
    Two police officers made = false=20 statements against us and the results of their investigation: Tri = Kuncoro and=20 Idodo.
    Both of them were involved from the beginning and = participated in=20 the sweeping from October 23.
    They are members of the "Bali Cyber = Crime=20 Squad" and well known by unlicensed ISPs here on Bali.
    Earlier this = year=20 Mr. Idodo was on Bali TV as investigative specialist for abortion in a = popular=20 case labelled "Kasus Aborsi Dr. Gigi".

    In January 2005, we were = told by=20 our lawyer, that our case has been moved to the prosecutor's office, = then back=20 to police asking them to "find something else", as the prosecutor = admitted=20 that the "case was week" but police would "loose their face" if the = case was=20 to be dismissed.
    My lawyer informed me in March that the case has = moved to=20 the prosecutor again and is out of police hands now.
    He said the = prosecutor=20 told him that he was determined to bring the case to court, but on = which=20 charges our lawyer could not find out.
  5. Since October 23, 2004 cv. Candi Internet was = effectively=20 blocked from starting our new ISP business as planned.
    This is not = the=20 place or time to make statements If there were any requests for money = from=20 police or prosecutors.
  6. This is a long and sad story of law abuse, = extortion=20 and complete lack of legal competence.

    Our = partner PT.=20 Pasifik Lintas Buana is currently establishing a branch office on Bali = and is=20 preparing to start ISP business here.
    We are finalizing licensing = of PT.=20 CandiNet, a new foreign investment company, scheduled to operate in a = joint=20 venture partnership with PT. Pasifik Lintas Buana.

Further details about this case have been published = on the=20 Internet already and are currently being organized and = completed.
Please=20 click on this link to view the available files: http://BaliWireless.com/reskrim/
C= opies of=20 all letters, publications, etc. and a chronology of events is available = from our=20 lawyer R. Azhari (lawyerbali@yahoo.com) and from = me.

Greetings
Made Sambu (Harry Bleckert)
Director Business = Development=20

cv. = Candi=20 Internet
Jl. Raya Seminyak 16b, Seminyak, Kuta, 80361 Bali=20
Phone: +62 (361)=20 737-157, 7439-740 or +62 = (818)=20 357-726
MSN Messenger: MadeSambu@MSN.com
Websites: BaliWireless.com - BaliService.com
 =20

 

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