Indonesia’s Corruption Eradication Commission has taken a senior government official into custody in connection with strong indications of corruption allegedly involving construction of the athletes village for the Southeast Asian Games in Palembang in November.KPK spokesman Johan Budi told the Jakarta Globe on Friday that the investigators from the antigraft agency swooped on the State Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs in Senayan, South Jakarta, on Thursday night.
Johan said two men and a woman had been taken into custody after the bust at the office of ministry secretary Wafid Muharam.
He said the trio, identified as ministry official WM, businessman MI and mediator R, a woman, had been taken away for further questioning. Also recovered were documents and checks totaling Rp 2 billion [$231,750].
WM is believed to be Wafid Muharam.
“We also searched [Wafid’s] and R’s offices, we suspected the checks were given in connection with the construction of an athletes village for the upcoming SEA Games in Palembang,” Johan said.
The budget for the athletes’ village is Rp 200 billion.
The 26th SEA Games will be held on Nov. 11-20. The country is hosting the Games for the first time since 1997.
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