Aceh Governor Arrives at KPK to Answer for Sting Operation Bust
4 July 2018 17:04 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf, who was caught during a sting operation, arrived at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building on Wednesday, July 4.
Irwandi arrived shortly after 14:00 Jakarta time, with a KPK officer who was carrying a red suitcase. He declined to answer reporters' question and quickly entered the building.
Irwandi Yusuf was caught during KPK's sting operation on July 3. During the bust, the anti-graft body confiscated Rp500 million in cash and apprehended 10 people, including Irwandi and Bener Meriah Regent Ahmadi.
Read: KPK Sting-Op Reportedly Arrests Governor and Regent in Aceh
The KPK suspects that the money was to be paid as a "fee to state organizers".
"Before (the bust) there was a transaction that involved state organizers in the provincial level as well as one of Aceh' regencies," KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah said.
Febri added that KPL investigators are probing whether the money is related to Aceh's special autonomy region's fund. Investigators, he continued m, have also questioned the 10 men who were arrested.
Taufiq Siddiq
