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Three witnesses to be questioned in ex-Garuda boss' bribery case
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Suspect -- The former president director of state-owned airline company Garuda Indonesia, Emirsyah Satar, gets his picture taken holding a miniature Garuda aircraft in his office. (Kompas/Haryo Damardono)
T
he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will question three witnesses in connection to a bribery case pertaining to the procurement of aircraft engines from British company Rolls Royce, after naming ex-Garuda Indonesia president director Emirsyah Satar and businessman Sutikno Soedarjo suspects in the case.
"The witnesses allegedly know, hear or even took part in the event [the alleged bribery]," KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah said on Friday, refusing to elaborate further on the witnesses’ alleged connection to the bribery case.
The witnesses have been identified as Hadinoto Soedigno, Agus Wahjudo and Sallyawati Rahardja. The antigraft body has issued travel bans on the suspects and the three witnesses.
Febri said the KPK issued the travel bans because its investigators needed to extract more information from them to look further into the bribery case.
"We plan to question the witnesses next week or sometime near the end of January," Febri said.
Investigators have searched five addresses in Jakarta and seized documents, bank information and electronic devices believed to contain materials that will help them in the investigation.
Emirsyah is suspected of accepting bribes amounting to 1.2 million euros (US$1.28) and $180,000, as well as items equal to $2 million in connection to the procurement of aircraft engines from Rolls Royce while holding the position of president director with the national flag carrier..
Meanwhile, Sutikno, of the Singapore-based Connaught International Pte. Ltd, has been accused of functioning as a broker to pass on the bribes from Rolls Royce. (jun)
