TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named three suspects in an alleged corruption case involving a Supreme Court official. The three suspects are a lawyer, the Supreme Court’s head of cassation and judicial review sub division and a business owner.
“We have named them as suspects,” KPK spokesperson Yuyuk Andriati said in Jakarta on Saturday, February 13, 2016.
Yuyuk added that the case was exposed after the anti-graft commission arrested Awang Lazuardi Embat, a lawyer, and a driver employed by a businessman named Ichsan Suadi in Serpong, Tangerang.
“They were enacting a transaction to hand over the bribe money,” Yuyuk added.
The KPK then developed the case and arrested Supreme Court’s head of cassation and judicial review sub-directorate Agung Andri Tristianto Sutrisna.
“At Agung’s house, we found money that amounted to Rp 400 million (US$29,411) and a suitcase containing money,” Yuyuk revealed.
The KPK later arrested another suspect, Ichsan Suadi inJ Jakarta Selatan.
“They are not detained and being interrogated at the KPK,” Yuyuk added.
Earlier, the KPK reportedly arrested a Supreme Court official in an operation on Friday, February 12, 2016. In addition to the official, the KPK also arrested five other individuals.
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