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View all search resultsSpeculation has run rife that the recent spate of investigations launched by law enforcers is politically motivated, as the moves have been made against parties related to candidates in the upcoming presidential election.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) grilled Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo on Monday in connection with various graft cases plaguing the ministry. The questioning came just after another NasDem Party politician-cum-minister, Johnny G. Plate, was named corruption suspect, dealing the party a major blow ahead of the 2024 elections.
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is the latest person to come under the spotlight of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), following the arrest of city-owned developer PD Sarana Jaya president director Yoory Corneles Pinontoan for allegedly marking up the cost of purchasing a 4.2-hectare plot of land in East Jakarta’s Munjul, Pondok Rangon, in 2019.
Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara and his subordinates had purportedly accepted roughly Rp 12 billion (US$582,020) in bribes from a number of suppliers during the first wave of the ministry’s aid distribution.
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri said during a press conference on Sunday morning that Juliari, along with his subordinates Matheus Joko Santoso and Adi Wahyono, had purportedly accepted roughly Rp 12 billion (US$582,020) in bribes from a number of suppliers during the first wave of the ministry’s aid distribution earlier this year.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained former commissioner of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), Rizal Djalil, for alleged bribery in relation to a potable water treatment system (SPAM) project at the Public Works and Housing Ministry for the 2017-2018 budget year.
Prosecutors have sought sentences ranging from 18 years to life in prison for former executives of state insurer PT Asuransi Jiwasraya for their alleged involvement in graft and money laundering that has resulted in trillions of rupiah in state losses.
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