May 2

Chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Antasari Azhar, is arrested on charges of murdering businessman Nasruddin Zulkarnaen.

April 6

Former lawmaker Yusuf Emir gets 4.5 years in prison for receiving bribes from a businessman investigated by the KPK, Anggoro Widjojo, in an attempt to help him secure a telecommunications procurement project from the Forestry Ministry. The verdict also includes bribery for clearing part of a protected forest for the proposed Tanjung Api-Api port in South Sumatra.

May 16

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 bribing legislators to secure the telecommunications procurement project.

June 24

SBY's *superbody'remarks: "KPK is now an extraordinary powerholder, it is only accountable to Allah."

June 30

Police chief detective Comr. Sr. Susno Duadji accuses the KPK of tapping his mobile phone, which reportedly reveals him 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 graft, attended by officials from the KPK, the police and the Attorney General's Office.

July 12

The KPK and the police intensify the hunt for Anggoro.

July 15

Ari Muladi, a key witness in the case involving KPK deputies Chandra M. Hamzah and Bibit Samad Rianto, 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 for abuse of power.

Sept. 29

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

Oct. 5

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

Oct. 6

Yudhoyono issues a presidential decree appointing Tumpak H.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 clear 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

Police arrest Bibit and Chandra for abuse of power, later added with charges of extortion and bribery against businessmen they were investigating

Nov. 1

Support mounts for the arrested deputies including from former president Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid and former Constitutional Court chief Jimly Ashiddiqie.

Nov. 2

SBY sets up a fact-finding team to review the case implicating the two KPK deputies amid mounting public.

Nov. 3

The Constitutional Court airs the wiretapped conversations, presented as part of evidence to support the request for a judicial review by Bibit and Chandra on their suspensions

The Police release Bibit and Chandra but do not drop charges.

Nov. 4

The fact-finding team, dubbed Team 8, begin to meet with various parties involved in the scandal.

Police question and eventually release Anggodo Widjojo.

Nov. 5

National Police chief of detectives Susno Duadji temporarily resigns from his post "to enable verification by the Team 8", the National Police chief said; prosecutor Abdul Hakim Ritonga says he has submitted his resignation

The National Police attend a hearing with legislators, after which lawmakers are criticized for appearing to side with the police and prosecutors.

Nov. 6

Former forestry minister M.S. Kaban denies receiving Rp 17.6 billion (US$1.8 million) in bribes from communication company PT Masaro Radiokom, led by Anggoro Widjojo.

Nov. 10

Sr. Comr. Williardi Wizard, a key witness of Nasruddin's muder case, testifies that police officers pressured him to take part in a conspiracy to frame KPK chief Antasari Azhar for murder.

The AGO returns the dossier of Chandra to the police.

Nov. 13

A group of lawyers file charges of attempted bribery against Anggodo to the KPK, saying that the wiretapped conversations indicated he had tried to halt a graft probe of his brother Anggoro.

Nov. 16

Prosecutors on Monday return the dossier of Bibit to the National Police..

Nov. 17

Team 8 hands over the report to the president, saying all charges against the KPK deputies should be dropped for lack of evidence; and that the President should punish "officials responsible for the forced legal process."

Nov. 20

The National Police question editors of two national dailies, Kompas and Seputar Indonesia (Sindo) for "clarification" on how they acquired the transcripts of the broadcast wiretapped conversation, which they published on Nov. 4.

Nov. 23

The President announces his views on the Team 8's report and recommendations.

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