Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Former head of the Surabaya branch of Bank Jabar and Banten (BJB) Ahmad Faqih was arrested on Tuesday by the investigators of the Attorney General office on charge of corruption.

Ahmad Faqih was charged with involvement in a corruption case in the disbursement of Rp55 billion credit to PT Cipta Inti Permindo (CIP) by the bank which is owned by the West Java and Banten provincial administrations.

"He will be detained for 20 days from Sept 3 to Sept 22," Setia Untung Ari Muladi, a spokesman of the Attorney General office , said here on Tuesday.

The attorney general office already named a number of other suspects in the same case including Yudi Setiawan, a director of PT CIP), Deni Pasha Satari a director of PT E Farm Bisnis Indonesia, Eri Sudewa Dullah, a manager of the Surabaya branch of BJB, Dedi Yamin, the president of PT E Farm Bisnis Indonesia, and Elda Devianne Adiningrat, the president of PT Radina Niaga Mulia (RNM)).

Elda, however, is not yet detained as she is still sick. (*)

Editor: Heru Purwanto
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