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National scene: KPK summons Akil Mochtar’s wife
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Friday summonsed Ratu Rita, the wife of former Constitutional Court chief Akil Mochtar, and Buton deputy regent La Bakry in connection with a bribery case related to the Buton election dispute
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he Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Friday summonsed Ratu Rita, the wife of former Constitutional Court chief Akil Mochtar, and Buton deputy regent La Bakry in connection with a bribery case related to the Buton election dispute.
“They were both questioned as witnesses in a graft case implicating the Buton regent [Samsu Umar Abdul Samiun],” KPK spokesman Yuyuk Andriati said.
The KPK has named Samsu a suspect in the case.
Samsu has been charged with giving Akil a Rp 1 billion (US$76,449) bribe in 2012 to rig the result of the Buton election.
Akil, now serving a life sentence, is believed to have accepted bribes in connection to election disputes in several regions while he was serving as Constitutional Court chief.
