KPK to verify wealth reports

JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is expected to start on Tuesday the actual verification of wealth reports submitted by state officials.

As of Monday, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Widodo Adi Sucipto, Minister of Foreign Affairs Hassan Wirayuda, Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Fahmi Idris and Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh are the only members of the 35-strong United Indonesia Cabinet who have not declared their wealth.

M. Jasin, the director of the commission's wealth report division said on Monday the antigraft body would probe sources of the officials' wealth during the verification.

The KPK has publicly announced the wealth of 300 councillors from East Java, West Nusa Tenggara and Central Java. -- Antara