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View all search resultsIndonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto did not appear on Monday for a summons for questioning in relation to a bribery case, after the party filed a new set of pretrial motions against the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for naming him a suspect two months ago.
The feud between former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has spilled over into the legal sphere, after the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named the party's secretary-general a suspect in a bribery case and banned another senior politician from leaving the country.
Just days before the Nov. 27 regional elections, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named incumbent Bengkulu Governor Rohidin Mersyah and several other officials from the provincial administration suspects in a case of extortion and illegal gratuities allegedly used to fund Rohidin’s reelection campaign.
Former trade minister Thomas Lembong, currently detained as a suspect in an alleged sugar import corruption case, affirmed that he would cooperate with the authorities investigating the case in a handwritten note made available on his social media account.
In a statement released on Thursday, a former KPK investigator has suggested that a wider network was behind the 2015 sugar import deal approved by then-trade minister Thomas Lembong, who was named as a suspect last month for alleged graft incurring $25.5 million in state losses.
The Attorney General’s Office (AGO) has named a new suspect in the high-profile graft case involving publicly listed tin miner PT Timah: former minerals and coal director general Bambang Gatot Ariyono at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Wednesday named North Maluku Governor Abdul Ghani Kasuba as a suspect for allegedly accepting bribes in exchange for helping certain companies secure road construction projects in the province, a region that has witnessed rapid economic growth in recent years.
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