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View all search resultsMinister welcomes probe on regional heads
Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has encouraged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to prosecute regional heads whose bank accounts are subject to suspicious transactions of up to trillions of rupiah, as earlier detected by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK)
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ome Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has encouraged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to prosecute regional heads whose bank accounts are subject to suspicious transactions of up to trillions of rupiah, as earlier detected by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK).
In addition to the KPK, the PPATK also handed over its findings to the Attorney General's Office (AGO) for further investigation to confirm whether the dubious transactions in the regional heads' accounts, whose exact numbers were not revealed by the PPATK, were linked to criminal activities.
'I am committed to implementing clean governance in regency, city and provincial administrations. ['¦] I let the KPK, the PPATK and the AGO conduct investigations [into the respective regional heads],' Tjahjo, of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), told The Jakarta Post on Thursday.
The AGO is currently investigating eight regional heads' accounts, including those of Southeast Sulawesi Governor Nur Alam, who has a total of more than Rp 1 trillion (US$79.6 million) from dubious transactions in his bank accounts. Alam is a politician from the National Mandate Party (PAN), which is part of the opposition coalition.
Meanwhile, the KPK is currently collecting evidence to confirm the PPATK's reports on South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin as well as Indonesian Ambassador to Germany Fauzi Bowo. Fauzi's suspicious transactions date back to 2012 when he was seeking reelection as Jakarta governor. (***)
