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KPK questions Muhaimin after missing first summons
The antigraft body questioned Muhaimin as a witness in an alleged corruption case pertaining to software procurement at the then-named Manpower and Transmigration Ministry when he served as minister between 2009 and 2014.
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National Awakening Party chair Muhaimin Iskandar (left) waves to the press upon arriving at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Sept. 7, 2023. The KPK questioned Muhaimin as a witness in a graft case pertaining to the migrant workers' protection system at the Manpower and Transmigration Ministry when he served as the manpower minister between 2009 and 2014. (Antara/M. Risyal Hidayat)
National Awakening Party (PKB) leader Muhaimin Iskandar, who was recently declared as running for vice president alongside former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan in the 2024 election, attended a questioning session at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Thursday as part of an investigation into a 2012 graft case at the Manpower Ministry.
The antigraft body questioned Muhaimin as a witness in alleged corruption pertaining to a Rp 20 billion (US$1.3 million) software procurement for migrant workers’ protection at the ministry in 2012 when he served as the manpower and transmigration minister.
Muhaimin came to the KPK headquarters around 10 a.m. After the five-hour interrogation, the PKB politician told the press he supported the antigraft body’s investigation.
“I have explained to the investigators as far as I know,” Muhaimin said. “I hope my answers can help the KPK to investigate the corruption case thoroughly and swiftly.”
KPK leaders greenlighted the investigation into the 2012 case in July, followed by the naming of three suspects by investigators. They also searched offices of the Manpower Ministry in Jakarta and a house in Bekasi, West Java, in August, although the KPK declined to disclose the owner of the searched house.
The antigraft body claimed the case had cost the state some Rp 1 billion. The 2019 KPK Law mandates that the commission has the authority to investigate and prosecute corruption cases involving law enforcers, state officials and related individuals that cost the state at least Rp 1 billion.
