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KPK completes dossier on BLBI case
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Fighting graft: Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesperson Febri Diansyah announces the commission's decision to name Kebumen Regent Mohammad Yahya Fuad a graft suspect at a press conference in Jakarta on Jan.23. (Antara/Aprillio Akbar)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has completed a dossier on Syafruddin Arsyad Temenggung, the former chairman of the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA), in regards to a graft case pertaining to irregularities surrounding the disbursement of Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI).
“Investigators have handed over evidence and the suspect […] to the KPK prosecutors,” KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah said in a statement on Wednesday.
Graft busters summoned Syafruddin on Wednesday along with his lawyer Yusril Ihza Mahendra to witness and sign documents regarding the handover. The suspect denied all allegations.
“I issued the letter [for the Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia (BDNI)] as ordered by the Financial System Stability Committee (KKSK); therefore, it was not my personal intention,” Syafruddin said.
Syafruddin, who was appointed IBRA chairman in 2002, issued a letter for Sjamsul Nursalim, the owner of Bank Dagang Nasional Indonesia (BDNI), freeing him from the obligation to pay Rp 3.7 trillion in debt owed to the government, which disbursed the fund under the BLBI scheme.
The antigraft body named Syafruddin a graft suspect in April last year and moved to detain the suspect late last year. He was the first official to be named a suspect in the case after a three-year investigation that looked into old documents and saw former ministers in former president Megawati Soekarnoputri’s Cabinet undergo questioning.
The case reportedly caused Rp 4.5 trillion in state losses. (swd)
