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KPK summons city secretary over Jakarta Bay bribery case
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An aerial view shows the reclamation of islets C and D on the Jakarta northern coast. (The Jakarta Post/Rendi A. Witular)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned Jakarta city secretary Saefullah over the controversial Jakarta Bay reclamation project.
The anti-graft body questioned Saefullah in regards to a bribery case involving what KPK investigators called a "corporation."
“The questioning concerned several points related to a previous bribery case, which implicated Jakarta councilor Pak Sanusi,” Saefullah said on Friday evening at the KPK headquarters.
He added that the KPK was still investigating a case, which implicated former councilor Muhammad Sanusi and the deliberation process of the draft bylaw on the Jakarta north coast strategic area spatial plan carried out by the Jakarta administration and Jakarta Legislative Council’s Legislation Body (Baleg).
Read also: Supreme Court gives reclamation project green lightAt that time, the discussions faced a deadlock over an article concerning a 15 percent developer's contribution, which the council wanted lowered.
Ariesman Widjaja, the president director of developer company Agung Podomoro Land, bribed Sanusi with Rp 2 billion (US$147,000) to pass the draft bylaw and lower the 15 percent contribution to 5 percent.
Sanusi was sentenced to seven years in prison and required to pay Rp 250 million in fines for his role in the bribery and money laundering case. Meanwhile, Ariesman was sentenced to three years in prison and required to pay Rp 200 million in fines last year. (wnd/dmr)
