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KPK nabs legislator, ministry official red-handed in bribe deal
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 03/03/2009 9:32 AM | National
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested National
Mandate Party (PAN) lawmaker Abdul Hadi Jamal and a Transportation Ministry
official, Darmawati, for alleged bribery.
The suspects had been caught red-handed
exchanging US$80,000 and Rp 54 million (around $5,000) on Jl. Jenderal Sudirman
in the Karet area of Jakarta,
at around 10:00 p.m. on Monday, KPK deputy chairman Mochamad Jasin said on Tuesday.
Separately, the anti-graft body also arrested businessman Hontjo Kurniawan who
is a commissioner of PT Kurnia Jaya Wira Bakti, in Surabaya.
Jasin said the money handed over by Darmawati - a member of the administrative
staff of the Sea Transportation Directorate General of the Transportation Ministry
- had come from Hontjo.
During preliminary investigations, Abdul Hadi admitted to have received Rp 1
billion from Hontjo last Friday, Jasin said.
"The money was allegedly paid so that the businessman would be appointed in a ministerial
project," he said.
Abdul Hadi is a member of the House of Representatives' Commission V overseeing
transportation. (dre)
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Daeng baco (not verified), Makassar — Tue, 03/03/2009 - 10:26am
this man is a son of well known kyai in Makassar belong to Muhammadiyah. On many occasion when He visit his constituen with only a pair of tongs. humility but it is to deceive people for him to get reeclected again.