I am going to be quiet. But please don't hurt my wife and children...Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Graft suspect Nazaruddin has said he would shut his mouth for the sake of his wife and children.
"I am going to be quiet. But please don't hurt my wife and children," Nazaruddin said here on Thursday when entering the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building.
The former treasurer of the ruling Democrat Party and legislator was brought to the KPK office for questioning on his involvement in a corruption case linked to a SEA Games athlete`s dormitory project in Palembang, South Sumatra.
Nazaruddin fled Indonesia to Singapore on May 23, 2011, a day before the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) imposed a travel ban on him.
In his hideouts, Nazaruddin repeatedly claimed that several big names were involved in the corruption scandal that has engulfed him, including Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum and several House legislators. They have all firmly denied the allegations.
He was arrested by Colombian immigration officers for using someone else`s passport in Cartagena on August 6, 2011.
On August 12, he was brought back to Jakarta in a chartered plane. During the long journey, Nazaruddin was escorted by 10 Indonesian officials from the KPK, the police, the immigration office and the foreign ministry. His lawyer, OC Kaligis, who was in Bogota at the time, was not allowed to accompany him.
The Gulfstream jet plane arrived at the Halim Perdanakusuma airport, eastern Jakarta at around 8pm western Indonesia standard time (WIB), believed to be about 12 hours longer than it had earlier scheduled.
Reporters and cameramen who covered the event were not allowed to approach Nazaruddin who was tightly escorted from the plane to the car and immediately taken to the Police Mobile Brigade Headquarters (Mako Brimob)`s detention center in Depok, West Java. (A/F001)
Editor: Ade P Marboen
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