House fails to send complete documents on Century case to KPK

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) says that it has not yet received complete documents on the Bank Century bailout from the House of Representatives.

KPK deputy chairman Chandra M. Hamzah told the House’s Bank Century case monitoring team on Wednesday that the only document the anti-graft body received was a five-page letter signed by the legislative body speaker.

“There is no other data,” Chandra told the hearing.

Chandra's statement sparked a heated debate among legislators that attended the team's meeting with the KPK.

Fahri Hamzah from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) said that the meeting had to be stopped because the KPK had yet to receive sufficient data from the House, which otherwise would help the anti-graft body investigated into alleged fraud in the bailout.

Separately, Gayus Lumbuun from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said that the House leaders had to explain what really happened on the documents which should have been completely sent to the KPK.

Deputy House speaker Priyo Budi Santoso from the Golkar Party said he too was surprised by the fact that the KPK had yet to receive all the necessary documents and that the House leaders would investigate into the issue.