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Court rejects non-active Aceh governor’s pretrial motion
The ruling emphasized that the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) decision to name him a suspect and his subsequent arrest had fulfilled all legal requirements.
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Non-active Aceh governor Irwandi Yusuf. (Antara/Dhemas Reviyanto)
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he South Jakarta District Court has rejected non-active Aceh governor Irwandi Yusuf’s pretrial motion against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), upholding the antigraft body’s decision to name him a suspect and arrest him in a graft case involving the province's special autonomy funds.
The ruling, released on Wednesday, emphasized that the KPK’s decision to name him suspect and subsequently arrest the governor had fulfilled all legal requirements.
The fact that Irwandi had been caught red-handed was also a key consideration in the ruling.
In July, the KPK arrested Irwandi along with non-active Bener Meriah regent Ahmadi and eight other individuals following suspicious transactions allegedly involving provincial and regency officials. Irwandi and four others were later named suspects and accused of scheming to embezzle Rp 8 trillion (US$557 million) from the province’s special autonomy funds.
In the pretrial motion, Irwandi and his legal team claimed that he never asked for or accepted any money relating to the special autonomy funds and cited his return of Rp 39 million to the KPK as a gratuity.
The KPK named Irwandi a suspect in a separate case regarding unlawful gratuities he allegedly accepted in connection to the botched pier construction in Sabang’s free trade area in Aceh.
“We appreciate the judge’s swift and precise decision. The investigation has reached the final stage,” KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah told the press on Wednesday. (swd)
