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KPK eyeing more suspects in N. Sumatra bribery case

Apriadi Gunawan and Kharishar Kahfi (The Jakarta Post)
Medan/Jakarta
Tue, January 30, 2018

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KPK eyeing more suspects in N. Sumatra bribery case The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office on Jl. HR Rasuna Said in Jakarta. (JP/Wienda Parwitasari)

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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has set its eyes on more suspects in the bribery case that saw former North Sumatra governor Gatot Pujo Nugroho convicted after more witnesses were brought in for questioning.

The graft investigators questioned 11 North Sumatra councilors on Monday as witnesses in the bribery case that saw Gatot sent to prison. The witnesses all refused to comment on the five-hour questioning that took place at the North Sumatra Mobile Brigade headquarters in Medan, North Sumatra.

KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah said the questioning was part of the antigraft body’s investigation into more individuals who allegedly accepted bribes in connection with the case.

“We’re still looking into the evidence. We will name suspects once we have sufficient proof,” Febri told The Jakarta Post on Monday.

The antigraft body began probing the case in 2015.  Since then, the investigation has resulted in the conviction of 12 councilors who were declared guilty of accepting bribes, as well as the then-governor.

Gatot was proven guilty of bribing members of North Sumatra’s legislative council with a total of Rp 61.8 billion (US$4.6 million) to influence deliberations on the provincial budget. He was sentenced to four years in prison in March last year.

The conviction was the third verdict against Gatot who had also been sentenced to prison for bribing three Medan State Administrative Court (PTUN) judges, a case that also saw his lawyer at the time, the prominent OC Kaligis, convicted. The other sentence was a six-year prison term for his role in the misuse of social aid funds. Both were handed down in 2016.

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