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View all search resultsHouse Speaker Setya fails to show up for KPK questioning over e-ID graft case
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Golkar Party chairman and House Speaker Setya Novanto (right) and former Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum appear as witnesses at a court hearing on e-ID card procurement in Jakarta on April 6 . (Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)
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ouse of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto failed to show up for questioning as a witness in the electronic identity (e-ID) card procurement case at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office on Friday, citing health reasons.
“Setya Novanto could not come to the KPK as a witness in the e-ID graft case because he has been suffering vertigo for the past four days,” House general-secretary Hani Tahapary told The Jakarta Post on Friday.
Hani said Setya had informed KPK investigators about his absence at today's scheduled questioning.
The commission also plans to question House members Jazuli Juwaini and Khatibul Umam Wiranu, former House members Jafar Hafsah and Mirwan Amir, public notary Hilda Yulistiawatin and former staffer of PT Sandipala Arthaputra Fajri Agus Setiawan as witnesses in the case.
Read also: Setya Novanto reported to House’s ethics council for e-ID remarksSetya Novanto has been questioned twice by the KPK investigators, on Dec. 13 last year and Jan. 10 this year, in relation to the case of two former officials of the Home Ministry, Irman and Sugiharto.
This week, the commission has questioned former 2009-2014 House members about the mega case, which reportedly caused Rp 2.3 trillion (US$171.55 million) in state losses. Among the former legislators were Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo. (ecn/dmr)
