Sulawesi governor named suspect for bribery.
- Haeril HalimThe Jakarta Post
Jakarta | Wed, August 24 2016 | 07:12 am
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has charged Southeast Sulawesi Governor Nur Alam with bribery in connection to dozens of mining permits he issued between 2009 and 2014 in the resource-rich province.
The case was first investigated by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in December 2014 after receiving a tip-off from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), which detected suspicious transfers of Rp 1 trillion (US$75.6 million) from and to the governor’s bank accounts.
The money is believed to be related to Alam’s issuance of mining permits during his tenure as governor.
The Jakarta Post has learned that of the Rp 1 trillion in irregular transactions in question, as much as $4.5 million was transferred to the National Mandate Party (PAN) politician from a mining company based in Hong Kong.
The KPK took over the case after the AGO was reluctant to name the PAN politician a suspect in the case, saying it needed more time to investigate. The PPATK submitted its analysis of Alam’s bank accounts in December 2014.
“We have built this case carefully for quite some time now from preliminary to primary investigation up until identifying the suspect. This case should serve as a lesson for other provinces not to violate the law in issuing [mining] permits,” KPK commissioner Laode M. Syarif said on Tuesday....
The case was first investigated by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) in December 2014 after receiving a tip-off from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK), which detected suspicious transfers of Rp 1 trillion (US$75.6 million) from and to the governor’s bank accounts.
The money is believed to be related to Alam’s issuance of mining permits during his tenure as governor.
The Jakarta Post has learned that of the Rp 1 trillion in irregular transactions in question, as much as $4.5 million was transferred to the National Mandate Party (PAN) politician from a mining company based in Hong Kong.
The KPK took over the case after the AGO was reluctant to name the PAN politician a suspect in the case, saying it needed more time to investigate. The PPATK submitted its analysis of Alam’s bank accounts in December 2014.
“We have built this case carefully for quite some time now from preliminary to primary investigation up until identifying the suspect. This case should serve as a lesson for other provinces not to violate the law in issuing [mining] permits,” KPK commissioner Laode M. Syarif said on Tuesday....
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