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AGO did not interfere with arrested Bakamla official: Spokesman
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Big fish: Eko Susilo Hadi (left), an official in charge of information, law and cooperation at the Maritime Security Board (Bakamla), is being escorted to a car at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building in Jakarta on Thursday. Eko was arrested on Wednesday for alleged bribery involving logistics procurement at Bakamla. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A.)
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he Attorney General Office (AGO) has admitted that Maritime Security Board (Bakamla) deputy chief Eko Susilo Hadi, who has been arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for alleged bribery, is one of its prosecutors.
“Yes he [Eko] is our prosecutor, but he is now inactive as he has been assigned at Bakamla,” AGO spokesman Muhammad Rum told kompas.com on Thursday night.
(Read also: KPK looks into large-scale maritime graft)
Rum said AGO did not interfere with Eko's duties when he served as an official at Bakamla.
He claimed that Eko never violated ethics and regulations while serving as a prosecutor at AGO.
On Wednesday, KPK apprehended Eko at his office just after receiving bribes related to the procurement of sea surveillance satellites worth Rp 400 billion (US$30 million).
The anti-graft body also arrested three executives of PT Melati Technofo Indonesia (MTI), which won the bidding for the procurement. (jun)
