Fadilah claimed that the traveler`s cheque came from her husband.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Former health minister Siti Fadilah Supari denied on Tuesday she had received traveler`s cheque worth Rp1.27 billion from head of the health ministry`s crisis center Rustam Syarifuddin Pakaya named a suspect in a graft case.
"Never," she said in a reply to public prosecutor`s question during a court session at the anti-corruption court here.
In their indictment, a team of public prosecutors said Rustam, along with PT Graha Ismaya president director Masrizal Achmad Syarief had caused the state to suffer Rp22.05 billion in losses in the procurement of health instrument and Rp1.27 billion of the funds was given to Fadilah.
Fadilah claimed that the traveler`s cheque came from her husband.
"The traveler`s cheque came from my husband. I don`t know whether my husband had received traveler`s cheque from Rustam," she said.(*)
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