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raft convict Wa Ode Nurhayati revealed on Wednesday that more lawmakers were complicit in the graft case concerning the disbursement of Regional Infrastructure Adjustment Funds (DPID).

Speaking after undergoing four hours of questioning at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Nurhayati said the leaders of the House of Representatives’ budget committee, Tamsil Linrung of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), Melchias Markus Mekeng of the Golkar Party, Olly Dondokambey of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), and Mirwan Amir of the Democratic Party, had played key roles in the graft.

“I stand by my earlier statement about their roles,” she told reporters after the questioning session.

Nurhayati, a former member of the budget committee, is currently serving a six-year sentence for bribery and money laundering in the DPID graft case.

She was found guilty of violating Article 12 of the Corruption Law by accepting Rp 6.25 billion (US$650,000) in bribes from three businessmen: Fadh El Fouz, Saul Paulus David Nelwan and Abram Noach Mambu, to secure the regional funds.

Also on Wednesday, the KPK questioned Mekeng and businessman Haris Andi Surahman as witnesses in the DPID case.

Mekeng declined to respond to queries from journalists.