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KPK follows money trail to lawmakers in ex-minister Syahrul's bribery case
The antigraft body is expanding its investigation into the two corruption cases implicating the former agriculture minister by following a trail of illicit money to House Commission IV, which oversees agriculture.
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Graft suspect Syahrul Yasin Limpo enters a car on Dec. 8, 2023 after his interrogation at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta. The antigraft body has extended Syahrul's detention as part of the ongoing investigation into a bribery and extortion case implicating the former agriculture minister. (Antara/Asprilla Dwi Adha)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has expanded its corruption investigation into case implicating former agriculture minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo by looking into a possible transfer of illicit money to lawmakers at the House of Representatives.
Investigators suspected that some of the illicit money connected to Syahrul’s case had been transferred to House Commission IV overseeing agriculture, fisheries and food production, the anticorruption agency said on Wednesday.
KPK spokesman Ali Fikri did not divulge the identities of which lawmakers it suspected of accepting the illicit money, only confirming the identity of one legislator whose house investigators had searched.
“We’ve told you who before. It’s the one whose house was searched: Sudin,” Ali told the press on Wednesday, as quoted by Kompas.com.
Sudin, a lawmaker of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and House Commission IV chair, was summoned in November for questioning at the KPK’s Jakarta headquarters as a witness in Syahrul’s case.
Investigators also searched his house in Depok, West Java, and confiscated several documents, including financial records.
