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KPK arrests 10 in Banten bribery case
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Combating graft: Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesperson Febri Diansyah (left), together with Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) spokesman Yudi Ramdan Budiman, gives a press statement on a graft case implicating a BPK auditor at the antigraft body’s headquarters in Jakarta on Sept. 22. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A.)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested on Friday several suspects in Banten for their alleged involvement in a graft case.
“We have apprehended around 10 people, comprising a regional head, a municipality official and private company officials,” KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah confirmed on Saturday. He declined to give further details.
Febri said KPK investigators found an indication of illicit transactions related to the extending of a license for an industrial complex. During their operation, the investigators also seized cash amounting to millions of rupiah.
Local media outlets report that Cilegon Mayor Tubagus Iman Ariyadi is among those who have been arrested by the antigraft agency. Febri said the KPK was set to make an announcement on the arrests at its headquarters in Jakarta on Saturday afternoon.
This will be the ninth arrest operation by the KPK since August. The previous eight arrest operations took place in regions across the country. Most of the cases involve local leaders, government officials and politicians.
In an operation on Sept.16, investigators arrested Eddy Rumpoko, the mayor of Batu in East Java, for allegedly accepting a bribe. (ebf)
