JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali a suspect in a new case related to the alleged embezzlement of operational funds at the Religious Affairs Ministry
AKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named former religious affairs minister Suryadharma Ali a suspect in a new case related to the alleged embezzlement of operational funds at the Religious Affairs Ministry.
The decision to name him a suspect was made after KPK investigators found more evidence during their probe into a graft case relating to 2012-2013 haj pilgrimage funds at the ministry, in which Suryadharma had been implicated and previously named a suspect.
'Yes, he has been named a suspect,' acting KPK deputy chairman Johan Budi said in Jakarta late Thursday.
When pressed, Johan did not deny that the decision to name Suryadharma a suspect was related to operational funds at the ministry.
Johan, however, did not know when a sprindik (letter ordering the start of an investigation) would be issued.
'I have not received any information about the issuance of the sprindik. There has not been any questioning of witnesses either,' he said.
Previously, Johan said the KPK had expanded its investigation into the graft case related to the management of haj pilgrimage funds.
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