TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has scheduled a questioning for House of Representative member Elion Numberi on Thursday, April 28, 2016 in connection with a corruption case surrounding a project of the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry.
KPK spokesperson Yuyuk Andriati Iskak said that the Functional Group (Golkar) lawmaker would be probed as a witness for another lawmaker from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Damayanti Wisnu Purtanti.
Damayanti was named as a suspect for allegedly receiving bribe money from Abdul Khoir on Thursday, January 14, 2016. The KPK arrested Abdul Khoir, Damayanti and two assistants in early January 2016 and seized Sin$ 99,000 from their hands. In addition, the anti-graft commission also named lawmaker Budi Supriyanto as a suspect in the case for allegedly receiving gifts of promises from Abdul Khoir.
Earlier on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, the KPK named two new suspects in this case, namely head of the Maluku branch of the National Highway Construction Agency (BPJN) Amran HI Mustary and House member Andy Taufan Tiro. Abdul Khoir mentioned the two names during a trial, saying that he gave Rp 13.8 billion (US$1 million) to Amran and Rp 7 billion (US$530,000) to Andy.
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