Febri Diansyah, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesperson, said on Friday that the KPK would remain professional in investigating Arif Budi Sulistyo, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s brother-in-law, over a graft case that implicated a middle-ranking tax official and a businessman.

“We will continue the legal proceedings [of the case]. The KPK focuses on how to handle the proceedings in a rightful and professional manner,” he told the press during a briefing on Friday.

President Jokowi said on Thursday that he urged the KPK to continue with the investigation.

The KPK named Ramapanicker Rajamohanan Nair, the director of EK Prima Exports Indonesia, and Handang Soekarno, a tax official in the Directorate General of Taxation, as suspects in this case.

Handang allegedly accepted bribes from Nair, who wanted the former to influence higher ranking tax officials to erase Rp 78 billion from his company’s tax bill.

Arif, who is married to Jokowi’s youngest sister, Titik Relawati, was questioned by the KPK in mid-January, but the media was kept in the dark until his name was mentioned in Nair's trial on Monday.

Febri emphasized that further clarification on Arif’s role in the case will be made in the court as the legal proceedings are ongoing. (mrc/evi)

Source:
courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by News Desk

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