Banjarnegara Regent Budhi Sarwono Named Suspect of Money Laundering
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16 March 2022 09:21 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named the inactive regent of Banjarnegara Budhi Sarwono as a suspect of money laundering, Tuesday, March 15. Budhi was previously declared as a graft suspect.
“After the discovery of sufficient evidence, the investigative team opens and begins an investigation into the alleged money laundering,” said acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri at his office, Jakarta, Tuesday.
Ali said investigators suspected that Budhi had hidden and disguised the origin of his wealth, which was suspected to come from corruption practices. Those were done by spending money on various movable and immovable assets.
“Investigators have scheduled the summons of witnesses,” Ali added.
Before being named a suspect in money laundering, the anti-graft body declared Budhi and a private party, Kedy Afandi, as suspects in a corruption case in the procurement of goods and services at Banjarnegara Regency in 2017-2018 and reception of gratuities.
The KPK suspected that Budhi Sarwono received a commitment fee from various infrastructure projects in the region totaling Rp2.1 billion.
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