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Ibas reports graft witness to police for defamation
Democratic Party secretary-general Edhie “Ibas” Baskoro Yudhoyono has reported to the police a graft witness for defamation for alleging that he took bribes
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emocratic Party secretary-general Edhie “Ibas” Baskoro Yudhoyono has reported to the police a graft witness for defamation for alleging that he took bribes.
Ibas, the youngest son of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, came to Jakarta Police headquarters on Wednesday afternoon to report Yulianis, a former employee of disgraced former Democratic Party lawmaker and treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin.
Yulianis alleged that Ibas accepted a US$200,000 bribe from Nazaruddin’s Permai Group. The money allegedly came from state funds in the Hambalang scandal and were used to finance the Democratic Party’s congress in
Bandung, West Java, in 2010.
Records about the transfer were on Yulianis’ personal computer and laptop, which have been confiscated by the KPK. Ibas denied Yulianis’ allegations, accusing her of defamation in making statements to the media.
According to Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Rikwanto, Ibas filed a report as he “felt disadvantaged because of the news reports about him”.
