KPK builds cases on newest PPATK reports

JAKARTA. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) recently received reports of suspicious transactions from the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) in connection with the graft case of Democratic Party lawmaker Angelina Sondakh.

Angelina, a former beauty queen, is a suspect in two graft cases related to the Youth and Sports Ministry and the Education and Culture Ministry.

KPK spokesman Johan Budi said that the commission had received 18 reports that could be used in the investigation and lead them to other suspects.

“This case will not stop at Angelina Sondakh,” Johan told reporters.

The KPK charged Angelina with accepting gratuities or bribes, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment and a Rp 1 billion (US$105,367) fine in the Southeast Asian Games athletes’ village construction project graft case.

She was also named a suspect in a case related to fraudulent budget allocations worth Rp 600 billion for 16 state universities at the Education and Culture Ministry.

KPK has completed Angelina’s case dossier and will soon indict the lawmaker. Johan said that the PPATK reports might be used by the KPK to charge those involved in the case with money laundering. (The Jakarta Post)