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KPK hunts tycoon Sjamsul Nursalim in BLBI bailout case
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesperson Febri Diansyah said the antigraft body had sent a letter to the National Police's Criminal Investigation Department chief requesting that Sjamsul Nursalim, the owner of Bank Dagang Negara Indonesia (BDNI), and his wife Itjih Nursalim be put on the most-wanted list.
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Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chairman Laode M. Syarif (center), accompanied by another deputy Saut Situmorang (left) and KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah speaks during a press conference on the new suspects related to graft in the disbursement of Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI) at the KPK headquarters on June 10. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has put Sjamsul Nursalim and his wife Itjih Nursalim, suspects in a graft case pertaining to Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support (BLBI) funds, on the most-wanted list.
Sjamsul, the owner of Bank Dagang Negara Indonesia (BDNI), and Itjih were named suspects for their alleged involvement in a corruption case related to irregularities surrounding the BLBI disbursement. The case caused Rp 4.58 trillion (US$321 million) in state losses.
“The KPK had sent a letter to the National Police’s Criminal Investigation Department chief requesting that both suspects be included on the most-wanted list,” the commission spokesperson Febri Diansyah said in a statement.
The antigraft body previously named Sjamsul and Itjih suspects on June 10.
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Since then, graft busters have summoned them for two questioning sessions at the KPK headquarters in Jakarta on June 28 and July 19. The summonses were sent to a house in Jakarta as well as four other addresses in Singapore. However, neither suspects obeyed the summonses.
“Apart from summoning them through official letters, we also asked the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore to announce the summons on the embassy’s announcement board,” Febri said. He added that the KPK also asked Singapore’s Corruption Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) for help in summoning the suspects.
