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National scene: Suryadharma suspect in new graft case

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

The Jakarta Post
Jakarta
Sat, July 4, 2015

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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.

'€œYes, 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.

'€œI 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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