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View all search resultsRusli Zainal still in charge of Riau
Graft suspect Rusli Zainal remains the official head of Riau province and he could run the administration from behind bars, his deputy said
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raft suspect Rusli Zainal remains the official head of Riau province and he could run the administration from behind bars, his deputy said.
Riau Deputy Governor Mambang Mit said that Rusli remained in charge of the running of the province although he has been in Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detention since late last week.
"Today, we took some officials documents to the detention center for him to sign," Mambang said as quoted by tribunnews.com.
Mambang paid a visit to Rusli at the KPK detention center in Central Jakarta on Monday.
The KPK detained Rusli on Friday last week, after questioning him for the third time on his alleged involvement in two separate graft cases.
Rusli is accused of being involved in the Pelalawan forestry permit case, in which he is suspected of abusing his authority in approving the annual work plans of a number of private companies operating in Pelalawan regency, Riau.
He has also been named a suspect in the Riau National Games (PON) graft case, in which he stands accused of bribing a group of local legislators via Riau Youth and Sports Agency head Lukman Abbas in an attempt to expedite the revision of a bylaw to increase the budget allocation for the construction of the 2012 PON venues in Riau.
