Jakarta (Antara) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) again detained a parliamentary member over a corruption case. "Today KPK detained IEM (Izederick Emir Moeis) after grilling him over a corruption case linked to gifts or pledges made in connection with the construction of the Tarahan coal-fired power plant in 2004," KPK spokesman Johan Budi said here on Thursday. IEM, who is from the Indonesia Democratic Party Struggle was held at a KPK detention center in Guntur for 20 days, he said. Emir Moeis left the KPK office at 6.15pm but gave no statement about his case. Johan said KPK had charged him with violating Article 12 point a or b or Article 5 or 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 which was later changed into Law Number 20 of 2001 on corruption. The articles are about a state official receiving a bribe or gratification carrying a sentence of up to life in prison or minimally four years and maximally 20 years in jail and a fine of between Rp200 million to Rp1 billion. KPK believed Emir Moeis received US$300,000 in bribes from PT AI (Alsthom Indonesia) whose parent company is in France in connection with the PLTU Tarahan power project in Lampung, Sumatra. The chairman of the House of Representatives' Commission XI has also been banned to travel abroad. Johan said KPK has cooperated with a law enforcement agency in the US to unveil the case. "KPK has cooperated with US Department of Justice in its efforts to collect information from a number of foreigners who are not domiciled in Indonesia," he said. (*)


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