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Ahok threatens to sue 'Koran Tempo'
Ahok also threatened to file lawsuit against Koran Tempo that reported Ariesman’s statement, saying that APL had dispersed Rp 6 billion (US$451,808) to help the city administration fund the deployment of 5,000 security officers during the eviction of Kalijodo red light district in North Jakarta.
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Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama (center) answers questions from journalists after being questioned by anti-graft investigators on Tuesday. Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators questioned Ahok as a witness in the alleged bribery case of draft reclamation bylaws that had named three suspects. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak)
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overnor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama has demanded the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to investigate leaked information from the interrogation of former PT Agung Podomoro Land (APL) CEO Ariesman Widjaja, a reclamation graft suspect.
He also threatens to a file lawsuit against Koran Tempo for a report that claimed Ariesman said APL had dispersed Rp 6 billion (US$451,808) to help the city administration fund the deployment of 5,000 security personnel during the eviction of the Kalijodo red-light district in North Jakarta.
“The source of Tempo’s report is an investigator. I do not know because the investigators did not issue any [official] statement,” Akok said as reported by kompas.com.
“Who thought up this slander? Do you know why [former KPK chairman] Abraham Samad was dismissed? It was because of a leaked case dossier. How did Tempo get it?” he added.
According to Koran Tempo, the funds to finance the eviction was disbursed by APL as an exchange allegedly involving the reclamation project.
Koran Tempo reported on Wednesday, quoting Ariesman, that APL had disbursed Rp 6 billion to assist the city in deploying 5,000 security personnel for the Kalijodo eviction.
Ariesman’s statement was, reportedly, made during his interrogation by KPK investigators. “I will file a lawsuit. Where did they get their source? It is to mislead public opinion. I do not know who is behind this,” the governor added.
Ariesman and another APL official have been named suspects by the KPK in connection with a bribery case, involving city legislator Muhamad Sanusi. The case relates to deliberation of two reclamation bills by the Jakarta City Council.
APL has a reclamation permit to construct islet G, one of the 17 islets to be developed in the Jakarta Bay. (bbn)
