Lippo Money Checks In
Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) member Mohammad Iqbal was caught red-handed accepting a bribe of Rp500 million from Lippo Group senior official Billy Sindoro. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPU) suspects that the dirty money is related to a decision made by the KPPU that was advantageous to Direct Vision, a Lippo Group subsidiary that operates Astro TV. The KPU got wind of the relationship several months ago. It is quite possible that the case will end up implicating other KPPU members.
September 23, 2008
THE clock’s hand was pointing to 4pm by the time the three members of the KPPU emerged from the meeting room on the first floor. The offices had begun to grow quite. One by one KPPU officials could be seen leaving the office, making their way out into the sun’s intense heat as it baked Jl. Juanda, the road on which the KPPU building is located. “As of that afternoon, we decided to examine two cases,” said Anna Maria Tri Anggraini, one of
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