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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is marching on with its investigation into a bribery case pertaining to the Jambi budget deliberation by naming 13 new suspects in the case, comprising Jambi Legislative Council (Jambi DPRD) members and businesspeople.

Those who were arrested include council speaker Cornelis Buston, deputy speakers AR Syahbandar and Chumaidi Zaidi, as well as five political party faction leaders on the council from the Golkar Party, National Awakening Party (PKB), United Development Party (PPP) and Gerindra Party.

“The DPRD leaders allegedly asked for money, collected money, held a meeting to discuss the matter, asked to be allocated a project and each received Rp 100 million to Rp 600 million,” KPK chairman Agus Rahardjo said at a press conference on Friday.

The Jakarta Corruption Court sentenced suspended Jambi governor Zumi Zola Zulkifli to six years behind bars on Dec.6 after finding him guilty of accepting gratuities and channeling bribes to provincial legislative council members in transactions related to the deliberation of provincial budgets.

Judges also ordered the defendant to pay a fine of Rp 500 million (US$34,362) or serve an additional three months in prison.