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Under fire: Golkar Party chairman and House Speaker Setya Novanto (right) and the former chairman of the Democratic Party, Anas Urbaningrum, sit as witnesses during a court proceeding in Jakarta on Thursday over a bribery case involving e-ID procurement. (Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)
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ndonesia’s immigration authorities have banned House of Representatives Speaker and Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto from traveling abroad following the Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) investigation into his alleged involvement in the e-ID graft case.
The Law and Human Rights Ministry’s immigration directorate general confirmed on Tuesday the KPK had requested it to impose a travel ban on Setya.
“The Immigration Office received the travel ban request on Monday evening, [which led to the issuance of a travel ban], please ask the KPK investigators,” said the office’s spokesman, Agung Sampurno.
(Read also: Heat is on Setya in e-ID graft case)
Setya said separately he had just received information about the travel ban and promised he would obey all the legal processes.
"As a citizen who adheres to the law and hopes this matter can be solved soon, I'll be patient to do the best I can," Setya said.
Setya is currently under public spotlight for his alleged involvement in a graft scandal related to the e-ID procurement project.
Setya has been mentioned several times on the case’s indictment documents. He allegedly received hundreds of billions from a project worth Rp 5.9 trillion (US$440 million) that had potential to cause more than Rp 2 trillion in state losses. The KPK has questioned him several times as a witness in the case. (ebf)
