For the purpose of investigation, the suspect, ICM, will be detained for 20 days from November 11 to 30, 2020 at the Salemba correctional facility in Jakarta.Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained a former member of the House of Representatives (DPR) and named him a suspect in an alleged graft case.
The former lawmaker from the United Development Party, identified by his initials as ICM, has been named a suspect in an alleged case of corruption related to special allocation funds from the revised 2017 state budget and the 2018 state budget for North Labuhanbatu district, North Sumatra.
“For the purpose of investigation, the suspect, ICM, will be detained for 20 days from November 11 to 30, 2020 at the Salemba correctional facility in Jakarta," KPK deputy chairman Lili Pintauli Siregar said here on Wednesday.
ICM, who was a DPR member during the 2014-2019 term, is suspected of receiving a bribe of Rp100 million.
He has been charged with violating Article 12, Letter (a) or Article 12, Letter (b), or Article 11 of Law No. 31/1999 on corruption eradication, as amended by Law No. 20/2001 (adj. Article 55, Paragraph (1), adj. 65, of the penal code).
KPK has also named two more suspects in the case. They are North Labuhanbatu district head, identified by his initials as KSS, and deputy general treasurer of the PPP executive board, identified by his initials as PS.
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