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KPK to hold press conference on arrested lawmaker for alleged bribery
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On alert -- Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Agus Rahardjo speaks to journalists at the antigraft body's headquarters in Jakarta recently. The KPK caught red-handed on Tuesday a House of Representatives member over an alleged bribery case. (Kompas.com/Kristian Erdianto)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is set to give details on a lawmaker caught red-handed in a graft operation in a press conference at the anticorruption body’s headquarters in Jakarta on Wednesday.
KPK chairman Agus Rahardjo confirmed circulating reports on the arrest of a House of Representatives member but he refused to give details either on the identity of the arrested lawmaker or on the alleged crime committed.
“Yes, it’s true. Please wait for the press conference we will hold,” he said as quoted by kompas.com in Jakarta on Wednesday.
It was reported that the arrested lawmaker was from House Commission III overseeing legal affairs, human rights and security. The lawmaker was reportedly arrested simultaneously with three other people at three different locations on Tuesday.
KPK spokeswoman Yuyuk Andriati refused to confirm whether the arrested lawmaker was from Commission III.
“Yes, we performed an operation [during which the House member was caught red-handed]. We will explain the details of the arrest later,” she told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
The KPK has 24 hours to decide either to name the lawmaker as a corruption suspect or to release the lawmaker after he or she is interrogated. (ebf)
