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KPK freezes Setya bank accounts in e-ID case investigation
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The wife of House of Representatives Speaker and graft suspect Setya Novanto, Deisti Astriani Tagor, arrives at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building in Jakarta on Nov. 23. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has instructed banks to freeze any accounts belonging to House of Representatives Speaker and graft suspect Setya Novanto amid the ongoing KPK investigation into the high-profile e-ID graft case.
Apart from Setya's accounts, the investigators have also ordered the suspension of accounts held by Setya's wife Deisti Astriani Tagor and his children, as well as the accounts held by companies PT Murakabi Sejahtera and PT Mondialindo Graha Perdana.
“The [bank account] suspensions have been in effect since around mid-2017,” KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.
He added that the suspensions were based on Article 12 of the 2002 KPK Law, which allows the antigraft body to order banks or other financial institutions to block the bank accounts of graft suspects.
Murakabi Sejahtera is a security-printing company part of the Murakabi consortium that bid against the state printing company Percetakan Negara RI (PNRI) and the Astragraphia consortium in the Rp 5.9 trillion (US$413 million) e-ID project in 2011.
According to evidence seized by the KPK, the biggest stake of the printing company is owned by Mondialindo, which is also linked to Deisti and Setya’s children. Deisti is the former commissioner of Mondialindo.
The KPK alleges the tender was rigged in favor of PNRI, which was led by businessman Andi Agustinus, another defendant in the case that caused Rp 2.3 trillion in state losses. (dmr)
