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KPK to announce Jero's status next week
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Thursday that it would announce the legal status of Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik some time next week with regard to a number of graft cases it has investigated at his office
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Thursday that it would announce the legal status of Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik some time next week with regard to a number of graft cases it has investigated at his office.
Jero, a senior politician of the ruling Democratic Party, has been in the KPK's sights after the antigraft body allegedly discovered massive corruption at the ministry, which he has led since 2011.
'We have conducted a case expose on JW. I cannot disclose anything now about the result. I will let the spokesman announce it next week,' KPK commissioner Bambang Widjojanto said at the KPK headquarters on Thursday, referring to the minister by his initials.
A case expose is the phase of investigation where KPK leaders and investigators decide whether an ongoing investigation has found enough evidence to name someone a graft suspect. As of Thursday, the KPK was investigating four graft cases at the ministry that could implicate Jero, given his role as the highest authority at the ministry.
Recently, the KPK launched a fresh investigation into alleged corruption plaguing a number of state projects worth billions of rupiah at Jero's office. No suspects have been named in the case so far, but the KPK has already questioned Jero and his wife Triesna Wacik, as well as President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's political communications advisor, Daniel Sparingga.
Jero recently announced that he would resign from his post before Oct. 1, during which he will be sworn in as a House of Representatives lawmaker.
