Nazaruddin fled to Singapore: Minister

Muhammad Nazaruddin, the former Democratic Party treasurer who is implicated in a bribery case, fled to Singapore on Monday, Law and Human Rights Minister Patrialis Akbar said.

“We have banned [Nazaruddin from fleeing overseas] from May 24, but on May 23 he went to Singapore on Garuda [airlines],” Patrialis said, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

The Immigration office received a request from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to ban Nazaruddin from traveling overseas on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Patrialis said that he did not know if Nazaruddin had returned.

Nazaruddin is implicated in an alleged bribery case centering on the construction of a SEA Games athletes' dormitory in Palembang, South Sumatera.

The KPK has named Sports and Youth Affairs Ministry secretary Wafid Muharram, businesswoman Rosalinda Manurung and a top executive of PT Duta Graha Indah Muhammad El Idris as suspects.