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After Suryadharma Ali, Sutan Batoegana follows suit
Following on from former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali, former House of Representatives Commission VII overseeing energy and environment chairman Sutan Batoegana, who was implicated in a graft case, is taking his turn to file a pretrial petition with the South Jakarta District Court
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ollowing on from former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali, former House of Representatives Commission VII overseeing energy and environment chairman Sutan Batoegana, who was implicated in a graft case, is taking his turn to file a pretrial petition with the South Jakarta District Court.
Razman Arif Nasution, a lawyer who accompanied Sutan in the graft case, said he has been appointed by Sutan to represent him in filing the pretrial petition.
'Sutan appointed me to file the pretrial petition with the district court,' kompas.com quoted him as saying in Jakarta on Thursday.
Sutan, who has undergone several questionings at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building, has been accused of accepting US$200,000 from former Oil and Gas Regulatory Special Task Force (SKKMigas) chairman Rudi Rubiandini in bribes to endorse the revised budget of the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry in 2013.
Previously, several public officials implicated in graft cases have filed pretrial petitions in an attempt to repeat suspended police chief candidate Comr. Gen. Budi Gunawan's recent victory at the South Jakarta District Court, which invalidated the KPK's move to name him a graft suspect.
Suryadharma filed a pretrial petition at the same court early this week because he has been named a graft suspect in connection with the organizing of haj pilgrimages in 2012 to 2014 but so far, the commission has yet to calculate state losses in the case.
After that, former Bangkalan legislative council chairman Fad Amin Imron and Sabu Regent Raijua Marthen Dira Tome also filed similar petitions with the court after they were named corruption suspects.
Acting KPK chairman Taufiqurrahman Ruki said the KPK could not prevent graft suspects from filing pretrial petitions after the South Jakarta District Court accepted Budi's petition to invalidate his suspect status. (rms)(++++)
