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KPK arrests three judges, clerk, lawyer in Medan
An investigative team of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) caught three judges of the Medan State Administrative Court in North Sumatra, one clerk and one lawyer red-handed and confiscated thousands of US dollars from them in a raid at the court building in the city on Thursday
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n investigative team of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) caught three judges of the Medan State Administrative Court in North Sumatra, one clerk and one lawyer red-handed and confiscated thousands of US dollars from them in a raid at the court building in the city on Thursday.
'From the location, KPK investigators confiscated thousands of US dollars,' KPK spokesperson Priharsa Nugraha said as quoted by kompas.com.
She said the transactions between the judges, the clerk and the lawyer allegedly involved the giving by the lawyer of a bribe to the judges in connection with the handling of a case at the court.
'The suspects are suspected to be involved in making a deal over the handling of a case at the court,' she said.
She added that the five suspects were still undergoing an intensive interrogation at the Medan police office.
'The five suspects are expected to be brought to Jakarta on Thursday night or Friday morning,' she said.
PUTN chief Tripeni Irianto and judges Amir Faudi and Gumana Ginting and clerk Yosrial Sofian were arrested after they received the money from the lawyer, who has yet to be identified.
PTUN spokesperson Sugianto confirmed the three judges were still trying a case at the court but he declined to explain the case in details.
'The three judges were arrested in the raid,' he said. (rms)(+++)
