Caught by Kintap Coal

A team hurriedly exited the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building on Wednesday evening two weeks ago. From Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said, they headed towards Senayan in South Jakarta. The team was after a businessman who was about to hand over money to a member of the House of Representatives (DPR), who was later found to be Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician, Adriansyah.

The businessman they were looking for was Andrew Hidayat, a Director of Mitra Maju Sukses. A law enforcement officer within the KPK said, a phone conversation between the two indicated that Andrew was planning to hand over the cash to Adriansyah. "But [the politician] had asked that the money be taken over to Bali as he was there at the time," he said last Tuesday. The Member of House Commission IV covering Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Maritime matters, and Foodstuff had also asked for the money to be in dollars and various rupiah denominations.

April 21, 2015