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span class="caption" style="width: 398px;">Sick of it all: Graft defendant Muhammad Nazaruddin is seen vomiting inside the waiting room of the Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday. JAKARTA: The panel of judges at the Jakarta Corruption Court ruled on Monday that graft defendant Muhammad Nazaruddin be detained at National Police Soekamto Hospital for a week to seek medical treatment for abdominal problems.

During Monday’s trial session, the court was actually scheduled to examine the defendant for his alleged role in a high-profile bribery case centered on a rigged bid for last year’s SEA Games’ facility in Palembang, South Sumatra.

However, Nazaruddin, who since last Friday has been admitted to Abdi Waluyo Hospital for the same abdominal problem, has not yet recovered since he was brought to the court building by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officers and prosecutors at around 2 p.m.

KPK doctor Yohanes Hutabarat escorted Nazaruddin, who was waiting for his trial to begin.

“Considering references from a KPK doctor, a letter and medical records from doctors at Abdi Waluyo Hospital and a request from Nazaruddin’s team of lawyers, as well as the panel’s own observation, we declare that Nazaruddin is indeed ill,” presiding judge Sudharmawatiningsih said. “The panel has decided to impose hospital detention against him for a week starting today.”