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Prosecutors, judges query role of Anas' wife
Corruption Eradication (KPK) prosecutors and a panel of judges pounded a witness with questions on Friday in relation to the role played by Atiyyah Laila, wife of Hambalang project graft suspect Anas Urbaningrum, in PT Dutasari Citralaras
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orruption Eradication (KPK) prosecutors and a panel ofjudges pounded a witness with questions on Friday in relation to the roleplayed by Atiyyah Laila, wife of Hambalang project graft suspect AnasUrbaningrum, in PT Dutasari Citralaras.
During a hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court, Dutasari operational director Roni Wijaya told prosecutors that Atiyyah, along with him and Mahfud Suroso, had been shareholders in the company since 2008.
'In 2008, Attiyah owned a 30 percent share, I owned 30 percent and Mahfud Suroso owned 40 percent,' Roni said in reply to the prosecution's question about Atiyyah's position in the company.
Roni added that since then the shareholder composition had changed twice, the latest being in February 2009, with 70 percent being owned by Mahfud, while he owned the remaining 30 percent.
He said further that since the athlete-dormitory graft case broke, Machfud had tried to remove Attiyah's name from the company register.
During the hearing, Anas confirmed that his wife had never received any money from the company and said that he had asked her to step down from the company as he intended to run as a lawmaker in 2009. He added that Attiyah's position could have backfired on him as the political situation could have heated up. 'I also felt that my wife should focus on taking care of our children,' Anas said.
Anas stands accused of accepting Rp 116.5 billion (US$9.8 million) and $5.2 million, of which he allegedly spent Rp 97 billion to finance his bid for the Democratic Party chairmanship during his time as a lawmaker in the House of Representatives in 2010.
