The recent allegation is the third charge that the antigraft body has imposed on the current speaker of the Bangkalan Regional Legislative Council (DPRD).

Immediately after he was arrested for accepting bribes from a businessman with regard to a gas contract in Bangkalan in early December, the KPK charged him with corruption in his capacity as DPRD speaker.

Two weeks afterwards, the antigraft body had also collected evidence that Fuad had received bribes from a number of parties when serving as Bangkalan regent for a decade.

'We have found strong evidence to name him a money laundering suspect,' KPK spokesman Johan Budi said at the KPK headquarters on Monday.

With regard to the money laundering accusation, Johan added that Fuad was charged with Article 3 of the 2002 Money Laundering Law, which carries a maximum 20 years' punishment for a state official. Johan refused to disclose the amount of money that Fuad had received when he was serving as Bangkalan regent.

Cleric-turned-politician Fuad, an active member of the Gerindra Party, is notorious for establishing his own political dynasty in the regency.

He wrapped up his decade-long rule of Bangkalan administration in 2013. In a move to retain control of the regency, he installed his son as leader of the administration, while he himself took control of the leadership of the local legislative assembly in 2013.

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