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KPK seeks ways to pin Setya in e-ID case
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is looking into the possible ways it could rename politician Setya Novanto a suspect in the e-ID graft case.
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Anticorruption Civil Society Coalition members call for the arrest of House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto during a rally in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Sept. 14. (Antara/Wahyu Putro A.)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is looking into the possible ways it could rename politician Setya Novanto a suspect in the e-ID graft case.
Setya, the House of Representatives speaker, won last week a pretrial motion against the KPK's decision to name him a suspect in the case, which also implicates dozens of other politicians.
Setya's victory does not necessarily put the KPK back at square one, but, without a doubt, it hinders the KPK’s investigation into the Golkar Party politician.
KPK deputy chief Saut Situmorang revealed on Thursday that his office was "currently reviewing thoroughly" the reason why they lost the pretrial motion, saying that "there are some loopholes that we must close".
Saut promised that the KPK would "be prudent" this time, to build a more solid case against Setya. "The point is that we should not stop; it [the investigation into Setya] must continue.”
Regulations allow the KPK to rename a suspect in the same case after losing pretrial motions.
In a decision made last Friday, the pretrial hearing's sole judge, Cepi Iskandar, argued that Setya's suspect status had been rendered void since the KPK had used evidence taken from the dossiers of other suspects in the case. At that time, KPK investigators had collected around 200 pieces of evidence indicating Setya's alleged role. (ipa)
