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KPK to question Jakarta Council speaker in graft case
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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters, located in South Jakarta, is pictured in this undated photograph. (Shutterstock/Vivi Octiasari)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will summon Jakarta City Council Speaker Prasetyo Edi Marsudi and council member M. Taufik, among other witnesses, for questioning in relation to allegations of corruption in state land procurement in Pulogebang, East Jakarta.
On Tuesday, KPK investigators raided the Jakarta City Council building in Kebon Sirih, Central Jakarta, in search of evidence related to the alleged corruption.
“Whoever we summon as witnesses [we will ask] to explain the actions of the suspects we have named,” KPK spokesperson Ali Fikri told reporters on Wednesday, as quoted by CNN Indonesia.
Prasetyo is a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), while M. Taufik is a former Gerindra Party member and a former deputy speaker of the council.
Ali said the commission would seek to determine all uses of the rooms where investigators had found evidence.
The KPK combed through at least six offices within the council building, including offices belonging to Prasetyo and M. Taufik. The commission had questioned M. Taufik in the case last year.
Ali said investigators had collected documents and electronic evidence related to the approval of funds for city-owned developer Perumda Sarana Jaya to acquire land in Pulogebang.
