Indonesia ex-agriculture minister named as graft suspect

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s anti-graft company (KPK) possesses named the rural’s previous farming preacher as a distrust in a graft husk, its replacement chief asserted, coming to be the sixth member of President Joko Widodo’s cabinet to face corruption allegations.

Syahrul Yasin Limpo, who surrendered last week after KPK raids on his innumerable residences as well as ministry, asserted wearing his lawyer that he will distinctly coordinate wearing the analysis.

KPK named Limpo as a distrust for allegedly instructing two coworkers to brunt officials to remuneration him at the majority of US$10,000 (S$13,600) in mart for presents or attendance in procurement openings at the ministry.

The greenback cashes allegedly came from the ministry’s marked upward bag as well as further analysis versus Limpo is ongoing, replacement KPK chief Johanis Tanak asserted late on Wednesday (Oct 11).

Limpo as well as his coworkers allegedly received about 14 billion rupiah (S$1.21 million), Johanis asserted, adding some of the greenback cashes was allegedly offered to remuneration for Limpo’s extravagance auto as well as credit rating card bills.

The KPK asserted raids on Limpo’s residences as well as ministry had identified billions of rupiah in greenback greenback cashes.

Indonesia’s president, repeatedly approved as Jokowi, designated an basing farming preacher last week.

Limpo is the sixth preacher in Jokowi’s cabinet to face corruption allegations. Earlier this year, police arrested the after that communications preacher on corruption fees. Jokowi’s social meets as well as fisheries clergymans were put behind bars in 2021.