'If the KPK launches an investigation into him and in the end declares him a suspect, then we will oust him from his position in the Democratic Party,' party spokesman Ruhut Sitompul said on Sunday.

'We never protect our members who have been implicated in graft. Our stance is firm when it comes to corruption. We red our former chairman [Anas Urbaningrum] and the party's central board secretary [Andi Mallarangeng] after they were declared graft suspects by the KPK,' Ruhut added.

Asked whether the party would summons Fauzi, who is also known by the nickname Foke, to seek clarification regarding the shy transactions, Ruhut said the party would do no such thing as 'the public could interpret it as the Democratic Party interfering with the legal process at the KPK'.

'The Democratic Party has a no-intervention policy. We let the KPK do its job and the party will always support the antigraft body,' Ruhut went on.

Foke recently grabbed nationwide headlines after the KPK confirmed that it was currently working to collect evidence to charge the former Jakarta governor with graft.

The antigraft body is now working on evidence provided by the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), which found that Fauzi had a number of suspicious transactions in his bank accounts.

KPK deputy chairman Adnan Pandu Praja said on Wednesday that the antigraft body's investigators were currently examining Fauzi's bank accounts to confirm whether the dubious transaction, which reportedly amounted to Rp 60 billion (US$47.15 million), was subject to criminal charges. (***)

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