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Graft suspect Zoellkarnain "Choel" Mallarangeng smiles for reporters after undergoing questioning at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters on Feb. 2. (Antara/M Agung Rajasa)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has decided to extend the detention of graft suspect Zoelkarnaen “Choel” Mallarangeng, the brother of former youth and sports minister Andi Mallarangeng.
Choel has been charged with involvement in a bribery case centered on the government’s project to construct a sports center in Hambalang, West Java.
“His detention will be extended for 40 days,” KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah said as quoted by kompas.com on Friday. The KPK detained Choel on Feb. 6.
His brother Andi was found guilty of bribery in the Hambalang case. In 2014, he was sentenced to four years in prison and fined Rp 200 million (US$15,000) for involvement in the same case, making him the first active minister to be charged with graft.
Under Andi's tenure, the Hambalang Sports Complex project was transformed from a modest single-year project worth Rp 125 billion into a multiyear project worth Rp 1.17 trillion. (ary)
