Hamdani to face KPU graft trial

Hamdani to face KPU graft trial

JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Thursday that they have completed the case file on General Elections Commission (KPU) treasurer Hamdani Amin who is accused of corruption at the national poll body.

"The case file will be submitted (with the Anticorruption Court) on Friday," KPK prosecutor Wisnu Baroto said.

He said the suspect is charged with misusing so-called tactical funds collected from partner firms that won tenders from the KPU to provide election materials.

Hamdani is also accused of corruption over the provision of insurance for election officials and staff.

Wisnu said the case file mentions around 40 witnesses including KPU chairman Nazaruddin Syamsuddin and his deputy Ramlan Surbakti, who will testify in the trial of Hamdani.

Nazaruddin has also been detained over the same case by the KPK, while another KPU member Mulyana Wira Kusumah is on trial for allegedly trying to bribe state auditors who examined funds for last year's general elections. --Antara