REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Eight more Banten legislators were summoned for questioning in a corruption case on Tuesday by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

The eight members of the regional legislative assembly included Fitroh Nur Ikhsan, Hadi Safari, Ahcmad Fauzi, Yayat Supriatna, Sopwan, Kuswandi, Andra Soni and Yoyon Sujana.

They were questioned as witnesses in a graft case in the planned establishment of a bank owned by the regional administration.

They were asked to testify in the investigation of a graft case with Ricky Ricky Tampinongkol as the suspect, KPK spokeswoamn Yuyuk Andriati said.

Rikcy is the president director of PT Banten Global Development (BGD) which is prepared to become the Banten Regional Development Bank (Bank Banten).

On Monday KPK already questioned 8 other members of the regional legislative assembly including Ananta Wahanan, H Iman Sulaiman, Ade Suryana, Sri Hartati, Adde Rosi Khoerunnisa, Hasan Maksudi, A. Zaini and Muhlis as witnesses for Ricky.

After the investigations, Adde Rosi Khoerunnisa, who is daughter in law of former Banten Governor Ratu Atut Chosiyah, who is serving jail term for corruption, said she never received bribe from Ricky.

Earlier this month Governor Rano Karno told KPK that Ricky once reported to him that there was a request for money totaling Rp10 billion from members of the regional legislative assembly in exchange for their approval for the establishment of the bank.

"I told Rikcy not to pay heed to the request," Rano told reported before he testified at the KPK.

Adde Rossie denied having accepted bribe from Rikcy, saying,"I I never receive anything from BDG, adding I did not even know about it."

Adde said from the beginning her party Golkar, was against the plan to establish Bank Banten.

"What is certain is that Golkar rejects the plan. It did not know the details as I rarely took part in meetings on the plan," she said.

KPK also has named two regional legislators Tri Satriya Santosa and SM Hartono suspects on charge of accepting bribe from Ricky.

The provincial administration is to provide Rp450 billion as capital participation for the bank, former acting chairman of KPK Indriyanto Seno Adji said earlier.

Chief executive of bank supervision of the financial service authority (OJK) Nelson Tampubolon had said the provincial administration of Banten through PT Banten Global Development (BDG) would buy more than 50 percent of the shares of Bank Pundi.

BGD will put up Rp619.49 billion making it a 20.54 percent shareholder of Bank Pundi as an embryo of Bank Banten.

Under the Banten regional budget approved on 30 November 2015 PT BGD will have an additional capital injection of Rp385 billion.

Around Rp350 billion of the fund would be used to acquire bank to be made a Bank Banten.

With the additional Rp350 billion , the provincial administration would fulfill its capital participation of Rp950 billion in Bank Banten.

Governor Rano Karno plans to revive Bank Banten and has set aside Rp950 billion as capital participation. The fund is raised by cutting the budget for official working unit.

The fund for the establishment of Bank Banten are paid by phases -- Rp314 billion in 2014, Rp400 billion in 2015 and the rest to be paid in 2016.

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