KPK Detains SE Sulawesi Governor Nur Alam for Alleged Bribery
6 July 2017 07:06 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained Southeast Sulawesi Governor Nur Alam yesterday. Nur Alam has been named as a suspect for allegedly receiving bribe over mining permit in Southeast Sulawesi.
"KPK will detain suspect NA [Nur Alam] for the next 20 days starting today," KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah said yesterday.
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Febri said that Nur Alam is being detained at State Detention House KPK branch in East Jakarta.
KPK named Nur Alam a suspect for allegedly receiving bribe over mining permit in Southeast Sulawesi for 2009-2014 term. He allegedly misused his authority to issue a mining permit to PT Anugerah Harisma Barakah.
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The bribery practice was revealed in a report published by the Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) in 2013. The report said that Nur Alam allegedly took US$4.5 million or equal to Rp50 billion from Richcorp International.
Having been named as a suspect in August 2016, Nur Alam has yet to be dismissed from his governor post.
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