Yesterday: KPK Proposes Term Limits for Party Leaders to Prevent Corruption, Up to Khalid Basalamah Returning Rp8.4 Billion
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Various legal news stories have been reported by the ANTARA News Agency. Here is a summary of the five most popular legal news items from yesterday, worth reading again as a source of information to start your morning.
- KPK proposes term limits for political party leaders to prevent corruption
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) explained that its proposal to regulate the limitation of leadership for general chairmen of political parties to a maximum of two terms is aimed at preventing corruption.
Additionally, the anti-corruption agency stated that the proposal, included in a study on political party governance conducted by the KPK’s Directorate of Monitoring, has an academic foundation.
“One of the findings is in point eight, regarding the limitation of terms for a party chairman, which certainly has an academic basis,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo at the KPK Red and White Building in Jakarta on Thursday.
- KPK summons Acting Tulungagung Secretary as witness in alleged extortion case
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned Acting Regional Secretary of Tulungagung Regency Soeroto (SO) as a witness in the investigation of the alleged extortion case involving inactive Tulungagung Regent Gatut Sunu Wibowo.
“The examination took place at the Office of the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency Representative for East Java Province, for SO as Acting Regional Secretary of Tulungagung,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta on Thursday.
- Khalid Basalamah returns Rp8.4 billion to KPK related to Hajj quota case
Preacher and owner of the Hajj travel bureau PT Zahra Oto Mandiri or Uhud Tour, Khalid Zeed Abdullah Basalamah, claimed to have returned approximately Rp8.4 billion to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) related to the alleged Hajj quota corruption case.
“The amount is around Rp8.4 billion,” said Khalid after being examined by the KPK as a witness in the Hajj quota case at the KPK Red and White Building in Jakarta on Thursday.
- Khalid Basalamah unaware of Hajj case funds flowing to Ministry of Religious Affairs officials
Preacher and owner of the Hajj travel bureau PT Zahra Oto Mandiri or Uhud Tour, Khalid Zeed Abdullah Basalamah, claimed not to know about any flow of funds from the alleged Hajj quota corruption case to officials at the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag).
“I don’t know,” said Khalid after being examined by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as a witness in the Hajj quota case at the KPK Red and White Building in Jakarta on Thursday.
Additionally, Khalid stated that he did not receive any benefits from the Hajj quota case.
- Former Pertamina Patra Niaga CEO faces corruption prosecution hearing on oil
Director of PT Pertamina Patra Niaga (PPN) for the 2021-2023 period, Alfian Nasution, faced a prosecution hearing in the alleged corruption case of crude oil management at the Corruption Court at the Central Jakarta District Court on Thursday.
“The defendant’s hearing for Alfian Nasution, agenda is prosecution,” said Spokesperson for the Central Jakarta District Court Andi Saputra to reporters.