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KPK to ask acting governor about Jakarta Bay reclamation
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Boats pass next to G islet in Jakarta Bay on Sept. 1, 2016. The Jakarta administration plans to appeal the State Administrative Court's decision to retract Gubernatorial Decree No. 2238/2014 regarding the reclamation of Jakarta Bay. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) plans to summon acting Jakarta governor Sumarsono on Friday over money involved in the Jakarta Bay reclamation project.
“Perhaps on Friday we will have a meeting with the acting Jakarta governor [to discuss the] money related to contributions and compensation from the developers. We will ask him whether the money went into the city budget or not, violated regulations or not,” KPK chairman Agus Rahardjo said in the House of Representatives on Wednesday as quoted by Antara news agency.
Agus was attending a meeting with the House's Commission III.
He said the KPK had been collecting data, but had not yet reached any conclusion about whether there was any corporate crime involved in the project.
(Read also: Ex-councilor Sanusi gets 7 years in reclamation bribery case)
The Corruption Court convicted Gerindra Party politician Mohamad Sanusi of receiving a Rp 2 billion bribe from then Agung Podomoro Land president director Ariesman Widjaja and sentenced him to seven years in prison.
Earlier, Ariesman was sentenced to three years in prison by the same court for a bribery conviction. The bribe was related to the deliberations over two Jakarta bylaws on the Jakarta Bay reclamation project. (evi)
