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Banten lawmakers asked for Rp10b, governor says
Ready to talk: Banten Governor Rano Karno (center) speaks with his colleagues in a recent meeting
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Ready to talk: Banten Governor Rano Karno (center) speaks with his colleagues in a recent meeting. The governor testified during questioning in a graft case at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on Thursday that Banten Legislative Council (DPRD) members had asked for bribes from Ricky Tampinongkol, the president director of Banten administration-owned enterprise PT Banten Global Development (BGD), during negotiations for the establishment of a regional bank in the province. (Tempo) (center) speaks with his colleagues in a recent meeting. The governor testified during questioning in a graft case at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on Thursday that Banten Legislative Council (DPRD) members had asked for bribes from Ricky Tampinongkol, the president director of Banten administration-owned enterprise PT Banten Global Development (BGD), during negotiations for the establishment of a regional bank in the province. (Tempo)
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span class="inline inline-center">Ready to talk: Banten Governor Rano Karno (center) speaks with his colleagues in a recent meeting. The governor testified during questioning in a graft case at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on Thursday that Banten Legislative Council (DPRD) members had asked for bribes from Ricky Tampinongkol, the president director of Banten administration-owned enterprise PT Banten Global Development (BGD), during negotiations for the establishment of a regional bank in the province. (Tempo)
Banten Governor Rano Karno testified on Thursday that Banten Legislative Council (DPRD) members requested bribes from Ricky Tampinongkol, president director of the Banten administration-owned PT Banten Global Development (BGD).
The governor made the statement while giving testimony in his capacity as a witness in a bribery case related to the establishment of a bank in the province at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Thursday.
Rano said Ricky informed him of the requests made by Banten lawmakers, between October and November 2015.
'Pak Ricky informed me about a request for Rp 10 billion [US$718,391] from the council members. I already told him to not listen to them, to not respond to their requests,' said Rano shortly after he arrived at KPK headquarters in Jakarta on Thursday morning.
Rano's statement contradicted a statement he made early last month in which he claimed to know nothing about the alleged bribery scheme.
The KPK arrested Banten DPRD deputy speaker SM Hartono of the Golkar Party and Tri Satria Sentosa, the head of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) faction at the DPRD, last month. The suspects were charged with corruption for allegedly accepting $11,000 and Rp 60 million from Ricky in exchange for the disbursement of Rp 350 billion in state funds for the establishment of a regional bank.
The case emerged when Rano instructed BGD to conduct a study on the establishment of a regional bank. The governor also ordered the company to consult with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) to seek advice over the plan for six months in 2015.
After finishing the consultation and study on Nov.30, 2015, BGD submitted a report to Rano, informing him that four banks should be merged to establish a regional bank.
Prior to today's questioning, Rano, a PDI-P politician, had been summoned for a questioning twice, on Dec.17 and on Dec.29, 2015, but he failed to meet both summons.
KPK investigators questioned on Tuesday BGD operational director Franklin Paul Nelwan and Banten lawmakers Luay Sofani and Ely Mulyadi. (ebf)(+)
