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House secretary-general among those slapped with travel ban
The House of Representatives secretary-general and some individuals from the private sector are banned from traveling overseas as the KPK needs their testimonies in a probe into an alleged graft case involving an interior design project for lawmakers’ official residences.
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Motorists are reflected in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building’s sign on June 27, 2023, in Jakarta.
(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) through the immigration office has slapped a travel ban on seven individuals, including the House of Representatives secretary-general, in relation to an investigation into alleged corruption in a 2020 interior design project for the official residences of House lawmakers.
The travel ban is intended to ensure that they will answer testimony summonses, KPK spokesman Ali Fikri said.
“We hope they can be fully cooperative with the investigation and remain in the country when [investigators] need their testimonies,” Ali told reporters on Tuesday.
Ali did not reveal the identities of those prohibited from traveling abroad nor their connection to the alleged corruption.
But director-general for immigration Silmy Karim at the Law and Human Rights Ministry told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday that the seven names on the travel ban list included House secretary-general Indra Iskandar and secretariat staffer Hiphi Hidupati.
The five other names are from private companies in the construction and furniture sectors, and most are in senior management positions at their respective companies.
The travel ban has been imposed since January and will be in place until July, but can be extended if the investigation requires it, Ali said.
