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Klaten regent's son may be implicated in bribery case
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Two investigators with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) show banknotes during a press conference recently. The money was confiscated from the official residence of Klaten Regent Sri Hartini during a raid. (Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is delving into the possibility that the son of a recently named corruption suspect, Sri Hartini, the regent of Klaten in Central Java, may be implicated in a bribery case in connection with the job promotion process in numerous working offices in the regency.
KPK spokesperson Febri Diansyah said Wednesday that investigators of the agency had confiscated more than Rp 3 billion (US$224,400) during a string of raids on numerous places in Klaten, including the official residence of Sri Hartini, a dismissed Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician.
The raids took place after a sting on Dec. 31, which saw the arrest of Sri Hartini.
Febri said Rp 200 million was found in a room in Sri Hartini's official residence allegedly used as a bedroom by her son Andi Purnomo, a Klaten councillor from the PDI-P.
Some Rp 3 billion was also found in a cupboard, Febri said.
(Read also: KPK seals three offices following arrest of Klaten regent)
"Having found the money in a room allegedly used by the regent's son as bedroom, we will take a closer look at it [the alleged involvement of Andi]," Febri told a press conference at KPK headquarters in Kuningan in South Jakarta.
Febri added that investigators had questioned more than 40 witnesses in the case.Apart from Sri, the KPK has also named Suramlan, an official overseeing junior high schools with the Klaten Education Agency, a suspect for allegedly bribing the regent. (dmr)
