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une 2008
The KPK probes then legislator Yusuf Emir Faisal over allegations of receiving bribes from telecommunications equipment provider PT Masaro Radiokom, owned by Anggoro Widjojo.

June 29, 2008
The KPK raids Masaro’s office, uncovering receipts of bribe payments to several prosecutors and legislators to drop a graft case linking the company to a Forestry Ministry telecommunications procurement project.

July 2, 2008
The KPK names Anggoro a suspect for allegedly bribing lawmakers.

July 26, 2008
Anggoro flees to Singapore.

Aug. 28, 2008
The KPK slaps a travel ban on Anggoro.

Oct. 11, 2008
Then KPK chairman Antasari Azhar meets with Anggoro in Singapore.

May 2, 2009
Antasari is arrested on charges of murdering prominent businessman Nasruddin Zulkarnaen.

April 6
Yusuf Emir gets 4.5 years in prison for receiving bribes from Anggoro in an attempt to help him secure the telecommunications procurement project. The verdict also includes bribery for clearing part of a protected forest for the proposed Tanjung Api-Api port in South Sumatra.

May 16
Suspended KPK chairman Antasari testifies to police and prosecutors that four KPK deputies and officials received bribes from Anggoro.

June 19
Anggoro is declared a suspect by the KPK for allegedly bribing legislators to secure the telecommunications procurement project.
(The KPK could not do so before the Attorney General’s Office suspended in May bribery charges against Anggoro.)

June 30
Police chief detective Comr. Sr. Susno Duadji accuses the KPK of tapping his mobile phone. Susno is reportedly tapped demanding Rp 10 billion from Boedi Sampoerna to clear the businessman’s savings stuck in the troubled Bank Century.

July 10
Susno meets with Anggoro in Singapore.

July 13
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono leads a coordination meeting on corruption eradication, attended by officials from the KPK, the police and the Attorney General’s Office. Police chief Gen. Bambang Hendarso Danuri says there is no discussion of the possible arrest of KPK deputies.

July 12
The KPK and the police intensify the hunt for Anggoro.

July 15
Ari Mulyadi, a key witness in the bribery case involving KPK deputies Chandra M. Hamzah and Bibit Samad Riyanto, revokes his testimony to the police. He says the money from Anggoro was never given to the KPK officials.

Aug. 5
Antasari’s testimony is leaked to the media, suggesting KPK leaders received bribes from Anggoro.

Sept. 9
The KPK announces it is investigating Susno’s role in the Bank Century case.

Sept. 15
Police declare KPK deputies Chandra and Bibit suspects for abuse of power in imposing the travel ban on Anggoro.

Sept. 28
Chandra and Bibit file a report against Susno to the police internal affairs division for abuse of power.

Sept. 29
Police declare Antasari a suspect for violating  the KPK ethics code in meeting with a suspect (Anggoro).

Oct. 2
Susno comes to the KPK headquarters to sooth relations between the two institutions.

Oct. 5
The police internal affairs division probes Susno for abuse of power.

Oct. 6
Yudhoyono issues a presidential decree appointing Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean acting KPK chairman to replace Antasari, and Mas Achmad Santosa and Waluyo acting deputy chairmen to replace Chandra and Bibit.

Oct. 7
The police internal affairs division clears Susno of all charges.

Oct. 26
Recordings of wiretapped conversations between Anggoro and his brother Anggodo with high-ranking prosecutors and police officers discussing in July a plot to frame KPK leaders is leaked to the media.

Oct. 27
Tumpak confirms the recordings exist.

Oct. 29
The Constitutional Court agrees to let the KPK disclose the recordings and other supporting facts that may strengthen their authority to combat corruption on Nov. 3.

Police arrest Chandra and Bibit.