More Than 30 Questioned in Madiun Market Graft Case
Jakarta/Madiun. More than 30 officials of the Madiun administration in East Java were interrogated on Friday (17/02) by the national antigraft agency in a corruption and money laundering case relating to the development of the Madiun Main Market in 2009-2012.
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesman Febri Diansyah said Madiun local administration officials who were questioned at Bhara Auditorium of the Madiun Police included the city's citizenship and civil registry agency head Nono Jati Kusuma and acting public order agency head Sunardi Nurcahyono.
"They were interrogated as witnesses in the graft case involving [Madiun Mayor] Bambang Irianto," Febri said.
Following Friday's interrogation, Nono told reporters the KPK investigators asked two questions regarding money laundering allegedly masterminded by Bambang.
"I said there was no money laundering in the agency I lead," Nono said.
Meanwhile, Sunardi only said he had to answer four questions.
Bambang, a politician of the Democratic Party, was arrested on Nov. 23 for allegedly receiving gratification payment of Rp 76.5 billion ($5.6 million). He has been named a suspect.
Initial investigation indicates he had acquired four luxurious cars in irregular ways, which might have been part of the bribe. KPK had also seized from him a bank deposit certificate worth Rp 7 billion, Rp 1 billion in cash and a bar of gold.
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