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Police charge Atut's step sister in graft probe
The Banten Police have named Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyahâs step sister Ratu Lilis Karyawati, who is also head of Golkar Party's Serang branch, a suspect in a graft case
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he Banten Police have named Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah's step sister Ratu Lilis Karyawati, who is also head of Golkar Party's Serang branch, a suspect in a graft case.
Banten Police special crime division director Sr. Comr. Wahyu Widada said Lilis was being charged for her alleged involvement in graft connected with the construction of a retaining wall for the Cibinuangeoun River worth Rp 19 billion (US$1.6 million).
According to the police, Rp 3.5 billion had been embezzled in the project.
'We have named her a suspect after questioning two witnesses, namely Dedi Mashudi, an official, and Yayan Suryana, a businessman,' Wahyu said on Wednesday.
Lilis is the third person in the family to be charged in a graft case, following Atut herself and younger brotherTubagus Chaeri "Wawan" Wardana.(dic)
