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KPK to probe latest findings on Sumber Waras case
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Maintaining innocence: Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama answers questions from journalists at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Headquarters on April 12. KPK investigators grilled Ahok for 12 hours as a witness in the case of alleged state losses resulting from land procurement for Sumber Waras Hospital as reported by the Supreme Audit Agency. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A.)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is set to scrutinize the latest findings from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) on alleged irregularities in the procurement of land by the Jakarta administration for Sumber Waras Hospital.
KPK chairman Agus Rahardjo said that a BPK official had informed him about a new finding related to potential irregularities in the procurement project.
"It appears that there is a new finding related to the Sumber Waras case. The KPK itself has never stated that the investigation into the case is over," Agus said on Thursday on the sidelines of the National Conference on Corruption Eradication in Jakarta.
In 2014, the city administration purchased the land for Rp 775.69 billion (US$57.2 million), while according to the BPK report the city should have paid Rp 564.35 billion. Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, currently seeking reelection, was among witnesses questioned by the anti-graft body in the case.
Agus added that the BPK had also found possible irregularities in other projects carried out by the city administration. Agus said that he planned to discuss the matter further with the agency's officials in the near future.
"We will have a meeting and there's something more important than that [the Sumber Waras case]," he said. (fac/hwa)
