REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MATARAM -- The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will once again summon several witnesses in the alleged case of extortion involving the West Lombok district head.
The plan to summon the witnesses was made after the district head, identified by his initials as ZA, was named as a suspect in the alleged case of extortion related to the issuance of a permit to develop a golf course in Buwun Mas village in West Lombok.
KPK spokesman Johan Budi S. P. said on Saturday that the anti-graft body was investigating the alleged transfer of funds to the suspect.
"Investigators will serve another summons to witnesses who gave their testimonies during the course of the investigation for questioning," he affirmed.
The move is part of efforts to confirm evidence of the extortion case, Budi added.
"We will also question ZA as a suspect," he noted.
The spokesman said on Friday (December 12) that the KPK's investigation found two pieces of preliminary evidence that indicated the involvement of the West Lombok district head in the alleged graft case.
ZA has been charged with violating article 12 letter e or article 23 of law number 31 of 1999, which was amended by law number 20 of 2001 on corruption eradication adj. article 421 of the Penal Code adj. article 55 paragraph 1 of the Penal Code.
The articles deal with different kinds of corruption, including abusing power, extorting other people, and paying someone else to commit misdeeds in their own interests.
Anyone found guilty of violating these articles may be sentenced to up to 20 years in jail and fined up to Rp1 billion.
"We believe there has been a cash flow of Rp1.5 to Rp2 billion to the suspect," Budi revealed.
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