The six were questioned as witnesses in the case of Mohamad Sanusi."Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Monday summoned six leaders of the Jakarta legislative assembly (DPRD) for questioning over the Jakarta reclamation graft case involving one of their ranks Mohamad Sanusi.
The six were assembly speaker Prasetyo Edi Marsudi, deputy speaker Merry Hotma, member S. Nurndi, chairman of legislation division Mohamad Taufik, member of the legislation division Mohamad Sangaji and deputy speaker Ferial Sofyan.
"The six were questioned as witnesses in the case of Mohamad Sanusi," a KPK head of publication Priharsa Nugraha said here on Monday.
KPK also summoned head of the draft regional regulation sub-division Dameria Hutagalung for questioning in the same case.
KPK already raided the offices of the DPRD leaders on April 1 confiscating bundles of documents in the process of investigations. The anti graft agency also raided the houses of Sanusi on 8 April 2016.
Five other people implicated in the case were banned from leaving the country including the director secretary of PT Agung Podomoro Land (APL) Berlian, an employee of PT APL Gerry Prasetya, special staff of Jakarta governor Sunny Tanuwidjaya, Director of Agung Sedayu Group Richard Halim Kusuma and a senior executive of Agung Sedayu Group Sugianto Kusuma alias Aguan Sugianto.
PT Agung Podomoro Land (APL), Agung Sedayu and PT APL are involved as contractors for the reclamation of the Jakarta bay.
KPK has also named President Director of PT Agung Podomoro Arieswan Widjaja as a suspect in the graft case charged with bribing chairman of the Gerindra faction at the city council Mohamad Sanusi Rp2 billion to guarantee that the regional regulation favoring the reclamation project could be passed into law.
(Uu.H-ASG/F001)
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