Ulma Haryanto - A former legislator convicted of taking bribes in the 2004 selection of a senior central bank official testified on Monday against his former colleagues in the same case.

Dudhie Makmun Murod, formerly of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and now serving a two-year sentence for taking Rp 500 million ($58,000) to vote for Miranda Goeltom as senior deputy governor of Bank Indonesia, told the Anti-Corruption Court he had been ordered to pick up the money by party senior Panda Nababan.

Panda is the only currently serving legislator among the 25 now standing trial for receiving the bribes in the form of traveler's checks.

"After the vote [for Miranda], Panda called me and told me to meet someone and pick up [something]," Dudhie said.

He said he was told to go to a restaurant near the House of Representatives, where he met with Ari Malangjudo, an alias used by Ahmad Hakim Safari. The latter has been identified as an aide to Nunun Nurbaeti, a businesswoman and associate of Miranda's.

"We shook hands, introduced ourselves, then he handed me the envelope and I left," Dudhie said. He then called Panda, who told him to "distribute it to the others."

He also called fellow PDI-P legislator Izedrik Emir Moeis, who asked Dudhie to come to his office.

"Inside Emir's room, we opened the envelope and found smaller white envelopes with names written on them," he said. "Emir and I called the other [PDI-P legislators] and gave each of them the envelope with their name on it."

Dudhie also testified to seeing Miranda at one of the PDI-P's meetings on the BI selection process. "Even though I arrived late, it was apparent to me that she was there seeking our support for her bid," he said.

Neither Miranda nor Emir have been named suspects in the case, while Nunun, who fled to Singapore, has repeatedly ignored summonses for questioning, citing a mystery illness causing her to lose her memory.

Krisna Pribadi, an official from Bank International Indonesia, which issued the checks, said there had been 480 of them, totaling Rp 24 billion, that were purchased by a company called First Mujur via Artha Graha Bank. First Mujur, a palm oil company, and Artha Graha Bank are both subsidiaries of the Artha Graha Group, owned by tycoon Tommy Winata.

Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) are still looking into the link between First Mujur and Nunun, as well as Miranda's role in the case. The latter is no longer a deputy at BI.