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House deputy speaker skips KPK questioning
Taufik Kurniawan failed to obey the summons as a result of a prior engagement in his electoral district.
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House of Representatives deputy speaker Taufik Kurniawan (center). (Antara/Dhemas Reviyanto)
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ouse of Representatives deputy speaker Taufik Kurniawan failed to obey a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summons on Thursday for questioning as a suspect in a bribery case related to the allocation of special allocation funds (DAK) in the 2016 fiscal year.
“Our client couldn’t come as a result of a prior commitment in his electoral district,” Taufik’s lawyer Arifin Harahap said on Thursday. The lawyer had also sent a letter to investigators requesting that the questioning be rescheduled to Nov. 8.
KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah later revealed that Thursday’s summons was the second one after Taufik also failed to obey the first summons last month.
“We have accepted the request for a reschedule to Nov. 8. Investigators will study the request before deciding whether to reschedule the questioning or take another course of action in the investigation,” Febri said.
Taufik, a National Mandate Party (PAN) politician, is suspected of accepting bribes of at least Rp 3.65 billion (US$241,644) related to the DAK allocation for Central Java’s Kebumen in 2016 from the regent Muhamad Yahya Fuad.
He is the second House leader to have been accused of bribery during President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo's tenure after former speaker and Golkar Party politician Setya Novanto was found guilty of taking bribes in an e-ID project. (swd)
