Muhaimin 'disappointed' by KPK arrest of underlings

Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar says he is disappointed that his subordinates were arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Thursday.

"Of course, I felt very disappointed and angry. Why are such corrupt practices still happening at my ministry?" Muhaimin said on the sidelines of an event to bid farewell to homebound workers of PT Indofood at Jakarta Fairground in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Friday.

Muhaimin asserted that he support to any efforts made by the KPK to investigate the case, adding that he had instructed his subordinates to be cooperative and to provide the KPK officers with any information they needed.

Earlier, the KPK announced it had arrested Dadong Irbarelawan, the head of the planning and evaluation section at the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry, I Nyoman Suisanaya, the secretary to the director-general for transmigration area development, and businesswoman Dharnawati, in three separate locations on Thursday.

The three suspects were arrested for their alleged role in a bribery case related to the disbursement of funding for transmigration acceleration projects in 19 regencies across the country, worth a total of Rp 500 billion (US$58.5 million).

"We expecting to find further results from our investigation," KPK spokesman Johan Budi Sapto Pribowo said Thursday.