Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Deputy Chair Laode Muhammad Syarif shook his head when investigators recommended naming Jambi Governor Zumi Zola suspect during a preliminary hearing (gelar perkara) on January 18. Syarif still remembered his visit to Jambi three weeks earlier.

With Syarif present, Zumi Zola had signed an integrity pact for achieving a clean regional administration. During the signing at the Jambi governor’s official res