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KPK summons former Makassar mayor as suspect, again
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has again summoned former Makassar mayor Ilham Arief Sirajuddin for questioning on Monday after he was named as a graft suspect for a second time earlier this month
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has again summoned former Makassar mayor Ilham Arief Sirajuddin for questioning on Monday after he was named as a graft suspect for a second time earlier this month.
'IAS [Ilham Arief Sirajuddin] will be questioned as a suspect,' KPK chief of information and communication Priharsa Nugraha said as quoted by kompas.com in Jakarta on Monday.
Earlier this month, the antigraft body named Ilham Arief again as a suspect for his alleged involvement in a graft case related to a management and installation transfer partnership involving a Makassar tap water company for the period of 2006 to 2012.
The KPK previously summoned Ilham Arief to undergo questioning on June 24, but the former mayor skipped the appointment without giving any reason.
In a pretrial hearing at the South Jakarta District Court on May 12, lone judge Yuningtyas Upiek Kartikawati granted Ilham Arief's request to annul his naming as a suspect in the case by the KPK. The judge ruled the commission's decision to name him a suspect was invalid because the documents it had submitted for the case were not original.
Following the court's decision, the KPK issued another Sprindik (letter ordering the start of an investigation) for the former mayor's case and named him again as a suspect.
Based on the results of an audit conducted by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), the partnership between PDAM Makassar and PT Traya Tirta Makassar inflicted Rp 38 billion (US$2.85 million) in losses upon the state. The BPK also found the state potentially suffered financial losses in three other partnerships between PDAM Makassar and other private companies. (ebf)
