Jakarta - Noted business woman Hartati Murdaya, the owner of PT Hardaya Inti Plantation and PT Citra Cakra Murdaya, has been named suspect in an alleged bribery case relating to issuance of oil palm plantation land use right. "Based on the results of investigation two pieces of evidence have been found enough to link the old suspects with the new one namely SHM (Siti Hartati Murdaya)," the chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Abraham Samad, here on Wednesday. Abraham said SHM as the president director of PT CCM and PT HIP was believed to have given Rp3 billion to the head of Buol district in Central Sulawesi. "The money was linked to the issuance of the plantation land use right for PT CCM and PT HIP located in the sub-district of Bukal in the district of Buol, Central Sulawesi," he said. Abraham said the money was given in two stages namely on June 18, 2012 totaling Rp1 billion and on June 26, 2012 totaling Rp2 billion. SHM has been charged with violating Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 on Corruption later changed into Law Number 20 of 2011. Regarding the possibility of her arrest Abraham said it could possibly be done when investigation of the case was almost done. "If the investigators think it necessary or when investigation was almost done the person concerned could be held like other suspects being investigated by KPK," he said. Hartati, who is also a member of the ruling Democrat Party's advisory board, during questioning on July 27 and July 31 said she did not know about the funds given to Buol district head Amran Batalipu during the election of the district head in June 2012. She also said it was actually Amran Batalipu that had asked for money. "Amran asked Rp3 billion, by phone, and as I know he was given Rp1 billion. But it was not me that had given it," she said adding she had the recording of the conversation with him. She also said she had never telephoned Amran personally. "I have never called him personally but someone else did and then give it to me. The conversation was totally diplomatic, nothing significant," she said. Hartati said that the money was not connected with the regional election but for security purposes. She denied Amran's lawyer Amat Ente Daim's statement that it was Hartati's staff that had been pro-active to give the money to the Buol district head. "Nothing like that happened. Who was it," she said. Amat Ente Daim had said that his client had received Rp2 billion during the regional election in June 2012 from PT HIP for protecting the company's assets. KPK until now has named three suspects in the case namely Gondo Sudjono as operations director of PT HIP, Yani Anshori as general manager of PT CCM who were caught red-handed at the end of June and Amran Batalipu caught on Juloy 6, 2012. Since June 28, KPK meanwhile has banned Hartati Murdaya and PT HIP staff members namely Totok Lestiyo, Sukirno, Bernard, Sri Sirithon and Arim as well as Kirana Wijaya from PT CCM to travel abroad.(*)


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