TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission said former Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Jero Wacik would probably be charged with money laundering.
“Whether Jero will be charged with [articles on] money laundering crimes (TPPU), to my knowledge, investigators are still focusing on corruption charges. But it’s possible,” said KPK deputy chief Bambang Widjojanto in his office on Wednesday night, September 10, 2014.
The anti-graft body officially named Jero Wacik as a graft suspect on Wednesday, September 3, 2014. Jero, who has been elected as a House lawmaker for the 2014-2019 period, is suspected of committing corruption in his ministry’s crooked procurement projects in 2011-2014, which inflicted Rp9.9 billion of losses on the nation.
The secretary of the Democrat Party Supreme Assembly is also charged with articles on extortion as he allegedly requested operational funds larger than normal. A Tempo source at the ministry said Jero used the illicit cash to polish his public image and watched the London olympics with his family.
LINDA TRIANITA
