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Flow of funds in DPD ex-speaker bribery case investigated
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Suspected – Regional Representatives Council (DPD) speaker Irman Gusman (center) talks with journalists after undergoing questioning by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on Sept. 17. (Antara/Yudhi Mahatma)
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he Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) is coordinating with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to probe the flow of funds related to a bribery case in which former Regional Representatives Council (DPD) speaker Irman Gusman has been implicated.
"Like in other cases, the KPK will request related transaction data [of parties] suspected to be connected to those who received funds. We are waiting for further coordination," PPATK chairman Muhammad Yusuf said on Thursday.
He was referring to, among others, CV Semesta Berjaya, a West Sumatra-based firm that allegedly gave Rp 100 million [US $7,589] to Irman for helping it obtain an increase in its imported sugar quota for this year. The money was confiscated by KPK investigators as evidence on Saturday.
Yusuf said that even though the PPATK had the authority to track transactions in Irman’s and Semesta Berjaya's bank accounts, the agency should first coordinate with the KPK to make sure that the period of transactions monitored was in line with what was needed for the latter’s investigation into the case.
However, Yusuf further said, the PPATK and related agencies should also find other ways to trace money transactions possibly conducted by the parties because some funds may not have been transferred through bank accounts but handed over in cash.
The KPK named Irman a suspect in a bribery case related to sugar imported on Sept.17. The anti-graft body also named CV Semesta Berjaya director, identified only as XSS, and his wife, identified as MMI, suspects for allegedly bribing the politician. (ebf)
