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'Indo Pos' chief editor suspected in Jero case
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Abraham Samad says investigators have gathered information pointing to former energy and mineral resources minister Jero Wacik allegedly transferring Rp 2 billion (US$168,648) to Indo Pos chief editor Don Kardono, to bribe the latter so the newspaper would publish only positive stories about Jero
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orruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Abraham Samad saysinvestigators have gathered information pointing to former energy and mineral resourcesminister Jero Wacik allegedly transferring Rp 2 billion (US$168,648) to IndoPos chief editor Don Kardono, to bribe the latter so the newspaper wouldpublish only positive stories about Jero.
Abraham alleged it was done so that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who read the newspaper on a regular basis, would be impressed.
'We possess the evidence that Jero transferred around Rp 2 billion to the 'Indopos' chief editor to impress the President,' he said recently in Mataram, South Sulawesi as quoted by kompas.com.
He said Jero had allegedly made serious efforts to improve his image, especially in front of Yudhoyono, because he was involved in graft.
On Thursday, Don Kardono was summoned by KPK as a witness for a second time.
Allegations of Jero's involvement in the bribery surfaced in August last year when KPK investigators found $200,000 in cash in the office of the ministry's secretary-general, Waryono Karno.
Investigators suspected the cash was part of a bribe, as in a related case they had witnessed former Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKKMigas) chief Rudi Rubiandini accepting $400,000 in bribes, out of a total commitment of $700,000 from Singapore-based oil trading company Kernel Oil Pte Ltd. (alz)
