REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — House of Representatives deputy speaker Taufik Kurniawan finally met Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summon on Friday (Nov 2). He missed the previous two summons, on last Nov 1 and Oct 25.
“Today at 9.00 (Indonesian West Standard Time) suspect TK (Taufik Kurniawan came to KPK,” said KPK spokesperson Febri Diansyah on Friday (Nov 2).
Febri said currently Taufik is currently being question by investigators at examination room as suspect. He could not tell whether Taufik will be detained or not after the examination.
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Previously, KPK has officially named Taufik as suspect in a bribery case. Taufik, from the faction of the National Mandata Party (PAN)is implicated by Kebumen District Head Yahya Fuad in the alleged embezzlement of Special Allocation Fund for the Kebumen district.
In his trial on July 2, 2018, Yahya Fuad, who was charged with corruption in the procurement of goods and service for the district administration in 2016, told the court he met with Taufik to discuss the allocation of the Special Allocation Fund (DAK).
The meeting took place in Semarang and Jakarta, Yahya, who was later convicted and is now serving a 4 year jail term with a fine of Rp300 million for graft in a number of projects, said there was an "obligation" of 5 percent to be paid to Taufik if the DAK, which was valued at Rp100 billion, already available.
The "fee" was given twice through a courier of Taufik in Semarang, Yahya told the court. Taufik, a lawmaker from the districts of Kebumen, Banjarnegara and Purbalingga in Central Java, allegedly received a total of Rp4.8 billion from the fee of 5 percent of Kebumen's DAK budget of around Rp106.067 billion in 2017.
PT Tradha, which is owned by Yahya is charged with money laundering by KPK. PT Trada allegedly used five other companies to illegally win 8 projects in the district of Kebumen in 2016-2017 valued at Rp51 billion.
PT Tradha also was charged with accepting illegal fee from contractors for projects linked to the Kebumen district administration valued at Rp3 billion.
For his role, Taufik is suspected violated Article 12 letter a or b or Article 11 Law No. 31/1999 as amended by Law No. 20/2001 on Eradication Corruption.
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