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National scene: Files show suspect financed PDI-P campaign
Graft suspect Abdul Khoir, who was allegedly caught red-handed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in January bribing Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Damayanti Wisnu Putranti, has testified that he financed the partyâs campaign in Semarang, Central Java, before his arrest
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raft suspect Abdul Khoir, who was allegedly caught red-handed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in January bribing Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) lawmaker Damayanti Wisnu Putranti, has testified that he financed the party's campaign in Semarang, Central Java, before his arrest.
In Abdul's investigation document, obtained by The Jakarta Post, Abdul said he bribed Damayanti to acquire several infrastructure projects in Maluku. Damayanti, a legislator on House of Representatives Commission V overseeing infrastructure development, told him that she wanted to get involved in the party's campaign in Semarang to rally support for the PDI-P's candidate in the 2015 simultaneous elections.
'After the Rp 1 billion was exchanged to US dollars, I asked my colleague Erwantoro to hand the money to Dessy [Damayanti's close friend]. Later, I met Damayanti and told her that I had given the 'donation' to Dessy and Damayanti said 'yes [I have received it],' Abdul said in the document.
Abdul's lawyer, Haeruddin Masaro, confirmed that his client had financed the PDI-P campaign in Semarang, saying that Abdul had no choice but to give the money to Damayanti.
