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KPK names another businessman e-ID graft suspect

Kharishar Kahfi (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Wed, September 27, 2017

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KPK names another businessman e-ID graft suspect The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in South Jakarta. (JP/Wienda Parwitasari)

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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named businessman Anang Sugiana Sudihardjo a suspect in the high-profile e-ID graft case.

Anang, the president director of PT Quadra Solution, which was part of the consortium that won the procurement of the e-ID system, has been accused of bribing lawmakers via businessman Andi Narogong, who has been on trial for his alleged roles in the case.

“Anang is suspected of helping to provide additional money for the Home Ministry’s Civil Registration directorate general, amounting to Rp 2 billion [US$148,000],” KPK deputy chairman Laode Muhammad Syarif said during a press briefing on Wednesday.

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Laode Muhammad Syarif (left) and the antigraft body's spokesperson Febri Diansyah give a press statement at the KPK headquarters in Jakarta on Aug.2.
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Laode Muhammad Syarif (left) and the antigraft body's spokesperson Febri Diansyah give a press statement at the KPK headquarters in Jakarta on Aug.2. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak)

Laode added the allegation was supported by a testimony from Sugiharto, a former Home Ministry official who had been convicted in the case, claiming that he asked Anang to prepare US$500,000 and Rp 1 billion to be given to lawmaker Miryam S. Haryani of the Hanura Party.

Anang became the sixth person to be named a suspect in the graft case, after former Home Ministry officials Irman and Sugiharto, businessman Andi, as well as Golkar Party chairman and House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto and lawmaker Markus Nari.

Graft suspect Andi Agustinus, aka Andi Narogong, greets journalists as he leaves the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office after he was questioned on April 12.
Graft suspect Andi Agustinus, aka Andi Narogong, greets journalists as he leaves the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office after he was questioned on April 12. (JP/Safrin La Batu)

Miryam has also been named suspect in a perjury case related to the e-ID case.

Irman and Sugiharto have been declared guilty by the Jakarta Corruption Court, while Andi's trial is still ongoing. (bbs)

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