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Nasruddin knew Antasari well: Witness
Hasyim Widhiarto , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Tue, 11/03/2009 2:49 PM | National
A witness in the high-profile murder trial involving the former Corruption Eradication Commission leader has confirmed that defendant Antasari Azhar had a "close" connection with murder victim Nasruddin Zulkarnaen.
Sri Martuti, Nasruddin's first wife, testified during Tuesday's hearing at the South Jakarta District Court that her husband had told her in March that he had secured a Rp 1.5 billion (US$156,000) business project with Antasari.
"He said he would give me Rp 500 million," she said, adding that she would have used the money to finance the education of her only son, who will enter college next year.
Nasruddin, Sri said, also told her that Antasari had "helped" him secure his position as a director in PT Rajawali Nusantara Indonesia, even though he failed to do so.
Sri Martuti is among four witnesses presented by the prosecutors in the hearing. The other three witnesses are Irawati Arienda, Nasruddin's second wife, and Suparmin, Nasruddin's driver, and Rusli, a police officer who first witnessed the crime scene..
Antasari, former chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), is currently on trial for allegedly masterminding the murder of businessman Nasruddin Zulkarnaen, a director in state pharmaceutical company PT Putra Rajawali Banjaran, who was killed in a drive-by shooting in Tangerang in March this year.
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