KPK to quiz Aceh councillors, mayors

JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is scheduled to question over one dozen Acehnese councillors, mayors and regents over their role in a corruption case involving Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh.

The commission said on Monday that heads of Golkar Faction Azhari Basar, National Mandate Faction T. Bustami Puteh and United Development Faction Muzakhir Salda would be questioned on Tuesday, while others would be quizzed between Sept. 1 and Sept. 7.

Puteh has been named a suspect for an alleged mark-up in the purchase of a Russian helicopter in 2002, which cost the state some Rp 4 billion. --JP