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Tue, 07/14/2009 - 21:59
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KPK TO QUESTION HOME AFFAIRS MINISTER

Jakarta, July 14 (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is scheduled to question Home Affairs Minister Madiyanto next week.

The home affairs minister will be questioned by KPK in a corruption case related to the procurement of fire trucks for regional administrations a few years ago.

"Yes, the KPK will question the home affairs minister next week in connection with the fire trucks procurement," KPK spokesman Johan Budi said here on Tuesday.

He said the KPK investigating team would question the home affairs minister next Wednesday, July 22, 2009 as a witness in the alleged corruption case. .

According to Johan Budi, Mardiyanto would be quizzed in his capacity as former Central Java governor in relation with the procurement of fire trucks for a number of regions in Indonesia, including Central Java.

"The home affairs minister will be questioned by KPK as a witness," Johan Budi said, adding that the KPK investigating team would try to obtain information from the minister to complete the dossier of Oentarto Sindung Mawardi, former director general of regional autonomy at the Home Affairs Ministry who had been named a suspect in the corruption case.

The KPK would also investigate Hadi Purnomo in his capacity as Central Java regional secretary, and Warsono, Central Java people's welfare office chief.

The KPK has also investigated Tanggamus district head Bambang Kurniawan, former Tanggamus district head Fauzan Sa'i, and Riau Islands Governor Ismeth Abdullah in the same corruption case.

Former director general for regional autonomy Oentarto Sindung Mawardi has been named a suspect in the corruption case in the procurement of fire trucks for a number of regions in the country.

Oentarto was the official who had signed a radiogram to regional administration chiefs across the country on the procurement of the fire trucks.

The radiogram became the basis for PT Istana Sarana Raya and PT Satal Nusantara owned by businessman Hengky Samuel Daud to become the home affairs ministry''s sole partner in fire trucks procurement project.

Hengky Samuel himself has also been named a suspect in the case.



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