Besides Iyus, a staff member by the name of Aris Munandar was apprehended over the same allegation.

Commenting on the arrest, Democratic Party deputy secretary-general Saan Mustopa said that the Democratic Party Bogor branch caretakers had been ordered to prepare a rightful candidate to replace Iyus as Bogor regional council speaker.

'It has been party policy to replace any member of the council that has been named as a suspect in a case. Therefore, Bogor branch caretakers have been instructed to address this problem immediately, once KPK announces Iyus' legal status,' he said as quoted by kompas.com.

Up to this date, the two were still being questioned by KPK investigators. KPK is given a day before it announces their legal status.

The arrests were made following the earlier arrest of seven people in Sentul, Bogor related with bribe money given by a private company, PT Gerindo Perkasa in order to get operational land permission from the Bogor regency administration. The company was reportedly intending to open the posh Cemetery Park, a plot of land of over 100 hectares situated in the Tanjung Sari sub-district in Bogor regency.

The people that had been earlier arrested were identified as Sentot, director of PT Gerindo Perkasa, Usep, a civil servant at the Bogor regency office, Willy, Nana and Imam, who were the middlemen, and two unidentified drivers.

KPK investigators had also confiscated Rp 800 million of bribe money from them.(nai/dic)

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