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Setya fails to appear as witness at Monday's hearing
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House of Representatives Speaker and Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto (Antara/M.Agung Rajasa)
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ouse of Representatives Speaker and Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto has failed to fulfill a summons to testify as a witness at the hearing of e-ID graft defendant Andi Agustinus aka Andi Narogong, scheduled for Monday at the Jakarta Corruption Court on.
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutor Abdul Basir did not provide any details on the politician's absence.
The hearing would have been Setya's first public appearance since the South Jakarta District Court ruled in his favor on Sept. 29 in his pretrial hearing, which resulted in the voiding of his suspect status in the case.
(Read also: Setya to testify in e-ID graft trial)
Setya and Andi were suspected of embezzling a part of the Rp 5.9 trillion (US$437 million) allocated to procure e-ID cards. The politician was serving as the House’s Golkar faction chairman when the embezzlement took place between 2009 and 2012.
Meanwhile, Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo also failed to appear as witness at Monday’s hearing, as he was reportedly accompanying President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on a working visit to the provincial capital of Semarang.
Ganjar, who served on House Commission II overseeing home affairs, is alleged to have received $1.2 million in bribes in connection with the e-ID procurement project. (ebf)
