Jakarta. The national antigraft agency on Tuesday (22/11) arrested and named a tax inspector and a businessman as graft suspects following a sting operation in Jakarta.

Handang Soekarno, the head of the initial evidences sub-directorate with the law enforcement directorate at the Finance Ministry's tax directorate general, and Rajesh Rajamohanan Nair, president director of retail firm E.K. Prima Ekspor Indonesia, were both named suspects.

The pair left the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in South Jakarta on Tuesday afternoon with making a statement to media.

KPK spokesperson Priharsa Nugraha said Handang will be detained at Cipinang Prison in East Jakarta while Rajesh will be held in custody at military-owned Guntur Prison in South Jakarta for the next 20 days.

The suspects were nabbed in a sting operation on Monday evening in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta,with $148,500 in their possession.

The cash was part of total $445,000 bribes promised by Rajesh to illegally resolve unpaid tax arrears of E.K. Prima Ekspor Indonesia worth $5.7 million.

E.K Prima Ekspor Indonesia is a subsidiary company of Lulu Group International, headquartered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.