KPK spokesman Johan Budi said , Burhanuddin was detained after KPK investigators had finished questioning him at 16.30 on Tuesday. He was suspected of having committed corrupt acts when he was head of Riau province`s forestry office in the period 2005-2006.
It was believed Burhanuddin misused his authority and a permit to utilize the proceeds from a horticultural forest causing a financial loss estimated at Rp 470 billion to the state.
He had actually been named a suspect since 2008 together with three other men but it was only on Tuesday that KPK investigators deemed it necessary to put him behind bars. (*)
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