Nunun admitted to hospital for a third time

Nunun Nurbaeti, a suspect in a bribery case surrounding the election of a Bank Indonesia senior deputy governor, has been admitted to the hospital for a third time since she was arrested in Thailand earlier this month.

Nunun, who has repeatedly complained about “severe memory loss”, was taken to the Soekanto Police Hospital early on Saturday over reported complications due to high blood pressure. Nunun had been questioned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for around five hours on Friday.

“Ibu Nunun has high blood pressure and that is why she was rushed to the police hospital,” Jakarta Law and Human Rights Ministry regional office head Taswen Tarib said Saturday as quoted by kompas.com.

Taswen said that Nunun was being guarded and supervised by KPK investigators
while receiving treatment at the hospital.

Nunun had been hospitalized earlier this month for a week after she fainted while being questioned by the KPK. She was admitted to a hospital again last week due to her apparently unstable condition.

Nunun was arrested in Bangkok after being named an Interpol fugitive who had fled Indonesia in February following corruption allegations. (swd)