KPK Arrests Prosecutor, Businesswoman in Latest Graft Raid

Jakarta Globe, Rizky Amelia & Fitri Pikong, December 15, 2013

The Corruption Eradication Commission’s (KPK) current office building on Jalan
 HR Rasuna Said in South Jakarta is seen in this Sept. 9, 2012 file photo. (JG
Photo/Afriadi Hikmal)

Jakarta/Mataram. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named a prosecutor and a businesswoman as suspects after they were caught conducting an alleged bribery transaction in a hotel in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara.

The arrest was made on Saturday evening at the Senggigi resort in Central Lombok.

The suspects have been identified as Subri, the head of the prosecutors’ office in the Central Lombok subdistrict of Praya and businesswoman Lusita Ari Razak. They were caught with cash totaling Rp 213 million ($17,600).

“The money consists of … $100 bills totaling $16,400 and rupiah notes totaling Rp 23 million,” KPK deputy chief Bambang Widjojanto said during a press conference in Jakarta on Sunday afternoon.

He added that Lusita allegedly handed over the money to Subri in connection to a land dispute in Central Lombok.

Information gathered by the Jakarta Globe in Mataram found that KPK investigators had been in Lombok for two weeks prior to making the arrest.

Officers with the commission raided Subri’s office in Praya following the arrest.

The alleged bribery, according to sources, is probably related to a dispute and document forgery case concerning a plot of land in Selong Belanak, Central Lombok. The case previously led to the detention of another businessman named Along in April, who is allegedly a rival of Lusita in the dispute.