Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) here on Tuesday is scheduled to question two police generals in connection with a corruption case involving Commissioner General Budi Gunawan (BG), the sole candidate for the police chiefs position.

BG has been named as a suspect by the KPK since January 13.

The two police generals being questioned on Tuesday are former deputy for General Supervisory Inspectorate Inspector General Andayono, who is currently the East Kalimantan Police Chief, and former chief of the Administration and Planning Bureau Brigadier General (ret.) Heru Purwanto.

"The witnesses are questioned for suspect BG," KPKs Chief of Information and Publication Unit, Priharsa Nugraha, stated here on Tuesday.

On January 20, both witnesses were called by the KPK for questioning, but they could not attend. It is not known whether the two would be present for the Tuesdays questioning session.

So far, the KPK has issued prohibitory orders to four people, which bans them from traveling abroad to facilitate their investigation.

These include Commissioner General BG, his son Muhammad Hervianto Widyatama, BGs assistant Iie Tiara, and senior lecturer of the Police Command School Inspector General Syahtria Sitepu. The ban has been in effect since January 14.

Sitepu is suspected to have transferred a sum of Rp1.5 billion on 13 occasions when he was the director of traffic of the North Sumatra Police Command between August 2004 and March 2006.

Widyatama received a loan worth US$5.9 billion from PT Pacific Blue in 2005, when he was 19 years old. This loan was extended in the form of rupiah in cash, totaling Rp57 billion, of which Rp32 billion was then transferred to BG.

The transaction, however, was checked and declared normal by the polices Crime Investigation Department in 2010.

BG is alleged to have been involved in suspicious transactions since he was the head of the career development division and held other posts at the national police headquarters from 2003 to 2006.

The KPK has charged BG of allegedly violating Article 12(A) or 12(B), Article 5(2), and Article 11 or 12(B) of Law Number 31 of 1999 as has been amended to Law Number 20 of 2001 on corruption eradication in conjunction with Article 55(1-1) of the Criminal Code.

The articles deal with civil servants and state officials who receive rewards or pledges believed to be given in exchange of favors to do or not do things related to their authority.

Violations of the articles carry a sentence of life imprisonment or four to 20 years in jail, in addition to a fine of Rp200 million to Rp1 billion.

(A051)

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