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Under investigation: House of Representatives Speaker and graft suspect Setya Novanto is escorted to undergo questioning regarding his alleged involvement in the e-ID graft case at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on Nov.21. (The Jakarta Post/Wendra Ajistyatama)
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olkar deputy treasurer Zulhendri Hasan on Thursday visited the party’s chairman and graft suspect Setya Novanto, who has been detained at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detention center.
The House of Representatives speaker was named a suspect over his alleged role in the high-profile e-ID graft case.
“I met him only briefly,” Zulhendri told journalists after the visit. “I gave him a book he could read during his detention because he loves to read.”
Golkar deputy secretary general Muhammad Sarmuji was also spotted at the detention center. Sarmuji, however, said he had only seen Setya from a distance because he did not enter the facility.
“There was also Ibu Deisti,” Sarmuji said, referring to Setya’s wife, Deisti Astriani Tagor.
(Read also: Setya sends letter to House, asks not to remove him as speaker)
KPK has scheduled visiting time for families and friends of detainees at the body’s detention center on Monday and Thursday only, from 10 a.m. until noon.
After the visit, Setya was taken to the KPK to undergo questioning as a suspect in the case that caused Rp 2.3 trillion (US$170 million) in state losses.
“We are also coordinating with the Jakarta Police to question him as a witness in the road accident he was involved in,” KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah said.
Setya was involved in a car accident on Nov. 16 when a car reportedly driven by journalist Hilman Mattauch with Setya in the back seat hit a lamp post. The Jakarta Police named the driver a suspect for reckless driving and charged him under the 2009 Traffic Law. (ebf)
