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KPK digs probe into money laundering in Lukas graft case
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A medical team assigned by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conduct a health check on Papua Governor Lukas Enembe (third right) in Jayapura on Nov. 4, 2022. (Antara)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is looking into possible money laundering in an ongoing investigation against graft suspect Lukas Enembe, who has previously been linked with bribes and suspicious financial transactions during his time as Papua governor.
The KPK investigation, however, has been temporarily put on hold, after a team of doctors concluded that Lukas needed to receive treatment at a hospital following his arrest on Tuesday.
Speaking to the press from the Gatot Subroto Army Hospital’s (RSPAD) on Wednesday, KPK chairman Firly Bahuri said that the graft-busting agency would follow up information from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) that had linked Lukas to overseas casinos.
“We will use all of this information to resolve the [alleged] corruption by the suspect,” Firly said.
The PPATK previously reported suspicious financial transactions in Lukas’ bank accounts, including a series of payments totaling S$55 million (US$39 million) to overseas casinos since 2017.
“The KPK has always paired our investigation into [potential] corruption with money laundering, since it is one of the ways to get more assets recovered [by the state] and to confiscate every property [bought by] corruptors from corruption money,” Firly added.
Lukas was named as a suspect in a bribery case in September 2022 for allegedly accepting a Rp 1 billion (US$64,384) bribe from the recently apprehended Rijatono Lakka, the director of a contractor company in Papua, in return for awarding Rijatono’s company government infrastructure projects.
