Suspects identified in major graft cases

Suspects identified in major graft cases

JAKARTA: The interdepartmental anticorruption team says it has
identified a number of suspects in suspected graft cases
involving the State Secretariat.

However, team head Hendarman Supandji, who is also the deputy
attorney general for special crimes, declined on Friday to
publicly name them.

"I hope we can name the suspects later this month. We are
still questioning witnesses in relation to these cases. I have
also set up a special committee chaired by Daniel Tombe and told
him to speed up the investigation," Hendarman said.

He said the team would gather more evidence before charging
any suspects.

The team is expected to soon question former state secretary
Ali Rahman about graft in the transfer of a land
concession in the Bung Karno Sports Stadium complex to PT
Indobuild, which is owned by businessman Pontjo Sutowo.

Another former state secretary, Muladi, was questioned on
Tuesday about the same case. --JP