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Indonesia's powerful anti-corruption agency Indonesia's powerful anti-corruption agency has named the religious affairs minister a suspect in a graft case involving state funds allocated for the hajj pilgrimage undertaken by Muslims.
has named the religious affairs minister a suspect in a graft case "It is true that the religious affairs minister [has been] named as suspect," said Johan Budi, spokesman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
involving state funds allocated for the hajj pilgrimage undertaken by Muslims. "There is an indication that the suspect as the religious minister violated his authority regarding the hajj hosting management process."
"It is true that the religious affairs minister [has been] named as The minister, Suryadharma Ali, also heads the country's oldest Islamic party, PPP, which recently joined the coalition led by presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto ahead of the 9 July election.
suspect," said Johan Budi, spokesman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). Ali is the second minister in the cabinet of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to be implicated in a high profile corruption scandal. The sports minister was forced to step down in 2012 after being implicated in a graft case surrounding the construction of a sports complex in West Java province.
"There is an indication that the suspect as the religious minister
violated his authority regarding the hajj hosting management process."
The minister, Suryadharma Ali, also heads the country's oldest
Islamic party, PPP, which recently joined the coalition led by
presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto ahead of the 9 July election.
Ali is the second minister in the cabinet of President Susilo
Bambang Yudhoyono to be implicated in a high profile corruption scandal.
The sports minister was forced to step down in 2012 after being
implicated in a graft case surrounding the construction of a sports
complex in West Java province.