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AKARTA: Health Minister Endang Rahayu Sedyaningsih failed to show up for questioning on Monday at Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters, claiming that she was sick.

Endang was expected to undergo questioning as a witness in a graft case centering on the procurement of health equipment for a bird flu mitigation effort in 2010.

KPK investigators earlier summoned former health minister Siti Fadillah Supari.

KPK spokesperson Johan Budi said that investigators in the case will once again summon Endang for a questioning session next week.

“We just received a message that she was sick. We will ask her to come next week,” Johan said as quoted by kompas.com.

Johan said that Endang was facing questioning because she was chairperson of the ministry’s research and development body for biomedics and pharmacy when the alleged graft took place.

The KPK has named former Law and Human Rights Ministry secretary Soetodjo Yunowo a suspect in the case. Soetodjo is suspected of directly opting for private company PT Bersaudara without going through the proper procurement procedure.

The case has also implicated other big names including Aburizal Bakrie, who is said to have received some of the graft money. The case relates to Rp 36.3 billion in state losses.