House of Representatives Speaker and Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto skipped two major events on Monday: questioning as a suspect in what may be the biggest graft case ever investigated by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), and a seminar held by the antigraft body for all Golkar executives about anticorruption efforts and integrity in politics.

Led by prevention division director Pahala Nainggolan, KPK officials called on Golkar members attending the seminar at the party’s headquarters in West Jakarta to respect the supremacy of the law and promote clean politics. Golkar was the eighth party to receive the KPK’s seminar.

On the same day, seasoned politician Setya called in sick and failed to fulfill a second KPK summons to question him as a suspect, a move activists feared was merely a tactic for time.

KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah confirmed that Setya’s wife had sent a letter informing her husband’s absence for Monday’s questioning, citing a “heart condition.”

“A team of KPK investigators and doctors have also checked the suspect’s condition in the hospital,” Febri said, without disclosing their findings.

Febri did reveal that the team would present the results in a meeting with KPK officials before deciding whether it would be necessary to ask for a second opinion from the Indonesian Doctor Association (IDI).

Golkar politician Nurul Arifin confirmed that Setya would undergo a medical examination for his heart at the Premier Hospital in Jatinegara, East Jakarta.

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