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Muhaimin faces KPK summons after VP declaration
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This aerial picture shows the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building (left) in Jakarta, on June 27, 2023. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has summoned National Awakening Party (PKB) chairman Muhaimin Iskandar, who was recently declared the vice presidential candidate of the Coalition for Change and Unity (KPP), for questioning in relation to a 2012 graft case at the Manpower Ministry.
Muhaimin, who led the ministry at the time of the case, was initially supposed to answer the summons on Tuesday, just four days after officially declaring his VP bid with Anies Baswedan, the KPP’s presidential candidate, in Surabaya. However, he requested that the questioning be postponed, saying he had to attend the international Quran Recitation Competition (MTQ) in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan.
The commission rescheduled the questioning for next week.
Muhaimin will be questioned as a witness to the case, which revolves around software procurement at the Manpower Ministry, according to KPK spokesperson Ali Fikri. The project in question was worth some Rp 20 billion (US$1.3 million).
The KPK has denied that its decision to summon Muhaimin was politically motivated, noting that it started the investigation before the NasDem Party and the PKB announced his pairing with Anies.
The antigraft body said it had named three suspects in the case and that the alleged corruption had cost the state some Rp 1 billion. Investigators also said they had searched the ministry’s offices and a house in Bekasi, West Java, in August but declined to disclose the names of the suspects or the details of any evidence gathered.
