"I came here to meet the summons of the Ethics Committee for questioning," Anas said before entering the KPK building at around 1.55pm on Tuesday.
He was accompanied by several politicians including the party`s head of advocacy and legal affairs division, Denny Kailimang.
With regard to the summoning, Anas said it would depend upon the questions that they would pose. "Let us just wait," he said.
Anas was summoned in connection with graft suspect Muhammad Nazaruddin`s statement recently that Anas once met with KPK deputy Chandra M Hamzah and enforcement director Ade Raharja to discuss a case.
Nazaruddin made the statement while he was in hiding abroad and after he was named suspect in a corruption case.
The Democrat Party executive for legal affairs, Benny K Harman, admitted to the Committee recently that an party elite member along with Chandra M Hamzah had met with Nazaruddin at the latter`s house as well as with Ade Raharja at a restaurant in Casablanca, South Jakarta.
Benny had been questioned because Nazaruddin stated that Benny knew about the meetings.
Besides Benny the Ethics Committee had already summoned the Democrat Party`s deputy secretary general, Saan Mutopha, in connection with Nazaruddin`s statement.
Nazaruddin was caught on August 7 in Cartagena, Colombia at 2am along with his wife and some other people.
He had been named suspect in connection with a bribery case and left for Singapore a day before the KPK asked the justice ministry to issue a travel ban for him.
He has drawn public attention after issuing statements from his hiding place abroad accusing some party leaders of being involved in his case.
And because of his statement the KPK has been urged to set up the Ethics Committee to investigate possible violation of ethics by its members.
(Uu.H-YH/HAJM/F001)
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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