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Police to question Sylviana as witness in alleged mosque graft case
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Staying firm -- Sylviana Murni (right), the running mate of Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (left), explains their vision during the second debate of the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election on Jan. 27. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A.)
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he National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (Bareskrim) is scheduled to question former Central Jakarta mayor Sylviana Murni as a witness in an alleged graft case on Monday.
Sr. Comr. Adi Deriyan, head of corruption directorate at Bareskrim, said Sylviana would be questioned regarding alleged corruption in the construction of Al Fauz Mosque at the Central Jakarta mayor office.
“[The questioning] is scheduled for 9 a.m.,” he said as quoted by kompas.com.
The questioning of the Jakarta deputy gubernatorial candidate would be conducted at Bareskrim’s corruption directorate office, which is temporarily located at the Indonesian Ombudsman building on Jl. HR. Rasuna Said, South Jakarta.
In their investigation into the case, the police have also questioned Jakarta regional secretary Saefullah. The Al Fauz Mosque was built in 2010 and 2011, when Sylvi served as the Central Jakarta mayor. The two-story mosque worth Rp 27 billion (US$2.02 million) was built using the 2010 city budget (APBD). In 2011, the mosque construction project got an additional budget of Rp 5.6 billion.
Then Jakarta governor Fauzi Bowo celebrated the opening of the mosque on Jan. 30, 2011, after Saefullah replaced Sylviana as Central Jakarta mayor. It was later revealed in a finance audit conducted by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) that there was an excess of budget amounting to Rp 108 million in the development of Al Fauz Mosque in 2011.
The Central Jakarta administration has reportedly returned the budget to the Jakarta administration’s treasury.
Bareskrim chief Comr. Gen. Ari Dono Sukmanto said it was suspected that there had been state losses caused by a shift in building specifications from the project’s contract document and the construction process. (ebf)
