KPK to question ambassador in ministry probe

January 31, 2012, 02.04 PM

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JAKARTA. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has issued a summons to question Indonesian Ambassador to Canada Dienne Hardianti Moehario.

Investigators want to question Dienne as a witness in a graft case that occurred when she was the Foreign Ministry’s protocol chief between 2004 and 2005.

Dienne served as the ministry’s inspector general from 2006 to 2010 before her posting to Ottawa in January 2010.

“Today, the KPK is scheduled to question her as a witness for [another] suspect, former Foreign Ministry secretary-general Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat,” acting KPK spokesperson Priharsa Nugraha said on Tuesday.

The KPK said that Sudjadnan, who was previously convicted for mismanaging the renovation of Indonesia’s embassy in Singapore in 2003, allegedly abused his authority and misappropriated funds for the ministry’s activities, such as seminars, between 2004 and 2005, allegedly causing the state Rp 18 billion (US$2 million) in losses.

Dienne has not been seen at KPK headquarters as of Tuesday at noon. (Ina Parlina/The Jakarta Post)