KPK examines alleged bribe recipients in Miranda Goeltom case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Monday re-questioned four politicians who allegedly received bribes in the election of the Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor, at the House of Representatives in 2004.

The four politicians who were being investigated were Ni Luh Mariani Tirtasari, Soewarno, Matheos Formes and Soetanto Pranoto, all members of House Commission III between 2004 and 2009, from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

KPK spokesperson Johan Budi said the investigation was 80 percent complete, and the indictment would follow soon.

Johan did not say who had paid the bribes.

Petrus Selestinus, the attorney for the four, questioned who had paid the bribes.

"So far there has been no significant progress. The committee has failed to investigate who was paying the bribes," he said.

Previously Nunun Nurbaety was alleged to have played this role, but the commission has failed to bring her to court after she said she was suffering from extreme memory loss.

Petrus also denied that his clients had received bribes in the form of traveler checks, to elect Miranda Goeltom as the BI senior deputy governor, saying the checks were connected to presidential election campaign funds.