REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) has ordered the settlement of the corruption case allegedly involving police inspector general Djoko Susilo by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). The order was issued at a press conference on Monday following a dispute between the two agencies over authority to tackle the case.

SBY held the press conference following an incident on October 5 when several police officers came to the KPK headquarters in an attempt to seize a KPK investigator, police commissioner Novel Baswedan, who is investigating the simulator case triggering protests from several quarters.

"The alleged corruption case in the procurement of driving simulators should be tackled by KPK and it must not be divided," he said. SBY specifically ordered the police to tackle other cases which are not directly connected with the simulator case.

SBY regretted the incident on Friday night, when some police officers tried to arrest Baswedan forcibly for a crime occured eight years ago. The incident occurred after the KPK grilled Djoko Susilo that morning. Baswedan is one of five police officers on loan to KPK choosing to stay with KPK after police order their return.

SBY thanked KPK for being in the frontline to combat corruption. Yet, he also cricitized KPK to which he thought had talked too much to the public. 

"To a certain level, we have achieved many points. “Let's not waste this good momentum," SBY said. 

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