He made the denial though the chief of the commission`s ethics committee, Abdullah Hehamahua, here on Tuesday.
Abdullah said the KPK chief never met with Nazaruddin, either when he was chief of the Judicial Commission (KY) or when he became KPK chief.
He said Busyro met with Nazaruddin during a hearing with the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission III some time ago. However, Busyro himself was not acquainted with Nazaruddin when the former was a member of the House Commission for legal affairs.
Nazaruddin was arrested in Cartagena, Colombia, recently after fleeing abroad for more than two months and being named suspect in a corruption case linked to a SEA Games athletes village project in Palembang.
His case has drawn public attention after Nazaruddin accused some party elite members of being also involved in his case.
Nazaruddin is now being held at the Mobile Brigade Headquarters detention center.
Meanwhile, the deputy finance director of Permai Group, Yulianis who also underwent questioning at the KPK`s ethics committee mentioned the involvement of somebody identified by initials as CDR in the flow of funds from Nazaruddin.
But Yulianis was not sure whether the person was one of KPK leaders.
According to the chief of the KPK`s ethics committee, Yulianis mentioned the flow of funds totaling Rp30 billion from Nazaruddin to the person identified by initials as CDR and colleague.
When the ethics committee asked whether five KPK leaders had link to Nazaruddin and the flow of funds, Yulianis said in the negative, Abdullah said.
After all, he added the ethics committee would investigate Yulianis` statement.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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