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Port operator's ex-boss to be question as graft suspect Friday
The former boss of state-owned port operator PT Pelindo II, Richard Joost Lino, is escorted by police officers after being questioned as a witness by police investigators on Jan
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span class="inline inline-center">The former boss of state-owned port operator PT Pelindo II, Richard Joost Lino, is escorted by police officers after being questioned as a witness by police investigators on Jan. 6. He will be interviewed as a suspect by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) interrogators on Friday. (Fabian Januarius Kuwado/kompas.com)
The former boss of a state-owned port operator will be interrogated for the first time by investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as a suspect in connection with the procurement of three quay container cranes (QCC).
KPK investigators accuse the former president director of PT Pelindo II, Richard Joost Lino, of committing corruption when his company purchased the cranes through the direct appointment of their supplier.
Lino was accused of misusing his authority to enrich himself by conducting the procurement from Chinese company Wuxi Huadong Heavy Machinery Co. Ltd. (HDHM) in 2010.
'Yes, we have summoned Lino for interrogation on Friday,' KPK spokesman Priharsa Nugraha told thejakartapost.com on Thursday.
Lino was named a graft suspect late last year for his alleged role in the US$20 million deal, but the anticorruption body had to delay interrogating him because he challenged its move by submitting pretrial motion to the South Jakarta District Court.
On Tuesday, the court's sole judge, Udjiati, rejected Lino's pretrial plea, announcing that the KPK's investigation into him was legitimate.
Priharsa said the KPK sent the summons letter to Lino's house on Tuesday. The KPK also imposed a six-month travel ban on Lino on Dec. 30. (bbn) (+)
