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Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama arrives at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office in Jakarta on Tuesday for questioning in connection with the purchase of land by the Jakarta city administration in 2014. (Tribunnews.com/Herudin)
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ecurity at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building was tightened on Tuesday when investigators questioned Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama as a witness in connection to alleged irregularities in land procurement in West Jakarta.
Setiabudi Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Tri Yulianto said the city police had deployed 770 officers to guard the KPK building on Tuesday as hundreds of people were expected to demonstrate there.
“We were informed there would be a demonstration when Pak Ahok arrived. It is just a preventive measure against any unwanted incidents,” said Yulianto.
Two groups of protesters – the Betawi Brotherhood Forum (FBR) and the Save Jakarta Movement – rallied against the governor.
Ahok was questioned in connection with the procurement of land in 2014 by the Jakarta city administration. A cancer hospital is to be built of the land, which is located next to Sumber Waras hospital.
A report on the city's Rp 755.69 billion (US$55.9 million) purchase of the land was included in a Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) audit of the Jakarta administration's 2014 financial report.
The BPK said the price had been inflated and the land should have been purchased for the same taxable value of property (NJOP) as surrounding buildings. The land, the agency report said, could have been bought for Rp 564.35 billion, which would have saved the city Rp 191 billion.
Ahok has denied any wrongdoing in the case, saying that standard procedure was followed by the city administration. (bbn)
