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A series of incidents at the Attorney General’s Office building, from the fire to the discovery of the bomb during the investigation of Djoko Tjandra. Page all

KOMPAS.comFire great going on in the building attorney General’s Office, South Jakarta on Saturday (22/8/2020) night.

Reported Kompas.com, Sunday (23/8/2020), the fire lit around 19.10 WIB in the Main Office of the Attorney General’s Office.

It is suspected that the fire came from the 6th floor of the building. The fire continued for about 12 hours.

Attorney General ST Burhanuddin asserted that there was no bundle of burning objects and evidence.

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Not the first time

This is not the first time something has happened at the Attorney General’s Office building.

Quoting Kompas Daily, Wednesday, January 10, 1979, Fire burned down part of the Attorney General’s office on Tuesday, January 9, 1979.

The fire broke out around 10.30 WIB, and allegedly came from an electrical short circuit.

Much of the right wing of the six-story office was burnt down.

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The rooms that caught fire included the intelligence sector, operations, meeting places and the Planning Bureau of the Attorney General’s Office.

According to the Chief of Personnel Bureau of the Attorney General’s Office, Maryono, the loss is estimated at Rp 300-400 million.

The fire was successfully extinguished at around 13.00 WIB by 29 fire engines.

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Apart from the fire in 1979, cites Kompas Daily, Sunday, November 23, 2003, fires broke out twice at the Attorney General’s Office building on Saturday, November 22, 2003.

The first fire at around 06.15 WIB hit a set of electrical control panels located on the second floor of one of the Attorney General’s buildings.

After the fire was extinguished by a number of firefighters and prosecutors’ staff at 07.30 WIB, a second fire occurred at 11.50 WIB.

The second fire broke out near the finance room on the third floor, directly above the electric panel control room.

Within 20 minutes, the fire can be extinguished after as many as 26 fire engines have been deployed.

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Good in the bathroom

Quoted Kompas Daily, Wednesday (5/7/2000), a good exploded in the bathroom, the back of the Attorney General’s Office Roundabout, Jalan Hasanuddin, South Jakarta, on Tuesday (4/7).

Although the explosion was large, there were no casualties from the bomb explosion.

The bomb occurred around 18.05 WIB.

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The bomb explosion had ravaged the rest rooms and kitchens on the ground floor.

Some parts of the walls in the room were cracked.

The glass on the back door and the ventilation windows of the restroom on the ground floor were also shattered.

The bomb explosion also ravaged several rooms on the upper floor, especially the restrooms on the first and second floors. Even moments after the explosion, water was pouring out of the restroom on the first floor.

The incident occurred only about an hour after Hutomo Mandala Putera or Tommy Soeharto left the Bundar Building, after being questioned as a witness to the suspect former President Soeharto.

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Another bomb was found

On Wednesday (5/7/200) afternoon, the Indonesian Police’s Gegana Team found another bomb in the second floor bathroom of the Attorney General’s Office Round Building.

Reported Kompas Daily, Thursday (6/7/2000), the bomb in the form of a cardboard box as big as a brick was found at 12:20 WIB by Senior Inspector (Police Captain) Kasmen from the Police Firearms and Explosives Control Section.

The homemade bomb weighed 2 kilograms and could explode at any time.

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According to officers, the solid type bomb, if it exploded, could destroy a quarter of the Round Building.

Immediately after that the police isolated the Round Building and all employees stopped their activities.

When the bomb was found, several prosecutors were examining former Finance Minister JB Sumarlin and PT Era Giat Prima President Director Joko Soegiarto Tjandra ( Djoko Tjandra).

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They were investigated as witnesses to the alleged Governor of Bank Indonesia (inactive) Syahril Sabirin, and FX Soedjasmin in cases of misuse of reforestation funds.

The examination was finally stopped and postponed to be continued another day.

Quoted Kompas Daily, Friday (7/7/2000), the bomb found on Wednesday (5/7) was in the Military One (MI) category which is used for military tasks.

This type of bomb was powerful, very dangerous, and if it exploded, it could destroy the Attorney General’s Building.

Although the bomb was made by PT Pindad, the Indonesian National Police Chief (Polri) General (Pol) Rusdihardjo refused to conclude that the perpetrator of the explosion was a member of the TNI.

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