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ndonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) lambasted the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Monday for failing to step up its investigations into several high-profile graft cases that the NGO said had made no progress this year.

'€œFrom our data, 11 cases did not progress this year. The KPK should prosecute more perpetrators in those cases,'€ ICW researcher Emerson Yuntho said on Monday.

Emerson said the KPK this year failed to summon two suspects to complete their dossiers. One of them is a former director at state oil and gas firm PT Pertamina, Suroso Atmomartoyo, implicated in a bribery case surrounding the alleged rigging of a contract to purchase a fuel additive called tetraethyl lead (TEL) from Innospec, a UK-based manufacturer of fuel additives.

'€œThe KPK named two suspects in the case in 2011, but they remain free as of today,'€ Emerson added.

In March 2010, Innospec appeared at Southwark Crown Court in England and pleaded guilty to bribing Indonesian officials in order to secure contracts for the supply of the chemical. The company was fined millions of pounds for the bribery of the officials.

According to the indictment, Suroso allegedly received Rp 2.7 billion (US$ 217,400) from the company.

Suroso and former Pertamina vice president Mustiko Saleh allegedly traveled to Britain to play golf in 2005, funded by Innospec.

Emerson added that the antigraft body also failed to prosecute former forestry minister MS Kaban despite the fact that businessman Anggoro Widjojo'€™s conviction in July had apparently revealed that the chairman of the Muslim-based Crescent Star Party (PBB) received bribes from Anggoro several times with regard to the procurement of an integrated radio communications system at the ministry.

Although Kaban was issued with a travel ban in February this year, the KPK has yet to charge him.

'€œAlso in the Bank Century scandal, the KPK has so far only prosecuted former Bank Indonesia deputy governor Budi Mulya. The main actors in the case remain untouched,'€ Emerson said referring to former president Boediono and other BI colleagues who were confirmed by the Jakarta Corruption Court to have colluded with Budi to provide bank Century with a Rp 6.7 trillion bailout in 2008 without going through the proper mechanisms.

According to the ICW, other cases that made no progress this year are the Hambalang, West Java, sports complex case, the construction projects for the athletes'€™ village at the Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Palembang, South Sumatra, the procurement of trains from Japan at the Transportation Ministry and the driving-simulator procurement case at the National Police.

'€œWith regard to the SEA Games graft case, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle politician IWK who is said to have received money from the project remains untouched,'€ Emerson said.

Responding to the ICW'€™s accusations, KPK chairman Abraham Samad denied the antigraft body had dropped the 11 graft cases, saying that all graft cases investigated by the KPK were progressing at different speeds due to the lack of human resources.

'€œWe have done a great job this year although we have limited human resources,'€ Abraham said.