Ina Parlina, Jakarta – More people were implicated in graft allegations on Wednesday after the first hearing of the Southeast Asian Games bribery scandal trial at the Corruption Court in Jakarta.

The court heard testimony that shed more light on the alleged role of several suspects, including fugitive former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin.

In the defendant's chair was Mohamad El Idris, the marketing manager for PT Duta Graha Indah (DGI), which won a contract to build the athletes' village for the SEA Games in Palembang, South Sumatra.

In the indictment paper read out by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors, El Idris implicated several persons as designated receivers of the bribe.

None of them were names mentioned by Nazaruddin last month, including fellow party members Angelina Sondakh and Mirwan Amir, as well as I Wayan Koster from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). El Idris was indicted for bribing Nazaruddin and the Youth and Sports Ministry secretary Wafid Muharram.

"The defendant paid three checks worth Rp 3.2 billion [US$374,400] to Wafid and four checks worth Rp 4.3 billion to Nazaruddin as a member of the House of Representatives," prosecutor Agus Salim said.

According to prosecutors, El Idris and DGI president director Dudung Purwadi came to PT Anak Negeri's office in Mampang Prapatan, South Jakarta, last year to meet Nazaruddin, whom he met during previous development projects.

"Both DGI officials asked Nazaruddin to give DGI [some] projects," Agus said. Nazaruddin operated several companies, allegedly including Anak Negeri, that often bid on government contracts.

"Later, Nazaruddin asked a go-between, Mindo 'Rosa' Rosalina Manulang, who was also a marketing director at Anak Negeri, to follow up on the meeting." According to the indictment, Nazaruddin and Rosa then met with Wafid in August 2010 at a restaurant near Wafid's office and asked Wafid to consider DGI for projects commissioned by the ministry.

Wafid later issued a ministry letter on development subsidies for the athletes' village to allocate funds from the ministry's 2010 budget to form a development committee in the province.

After the company won the contract in December, El Idris, Dudung, Nazaruddin and Rosa agreed to disburse 13 percent of the Rp 191.7 billion contract to Nazaruddin, 2 percent to Wafid, 2.5 percent to the development committee, 0.5 percent to the South Sumatra procurement committee and 2.5 percent to South Sumatra Governor Alex Noerdin. The indictment alleged that Wafid was caught red-handed by KPK investigators when accepting his share in April along with Rosa and El Idris at Wafid's office.

Prosecutors alleged that Nazaruddin had accepted only Rp 4.3 billion of the Rp 24.9 billion promised him and that El Idris had only partly distributed the bribes to the procurement and development committees. The indictment did not specify if El Idris gave the bribe to Alex or not.

"The defendant, individually or together with Dudung and Rosa, gave or promised to give something to public officials to influence them to do something that was contrary to their duty," Agus said.

If found guilty, El Idris might be sentenced to five years' imprisonment under the 1999 Corruption Law.

Suwidya, the presiding judge, granted a request from El Idris' attorney, Tommy Sihotang, to adjourn until Wednesday.

Separately, KPK spokesman Johan Budi said investigators were investigating the entire procurement process and would likely find more suspects. "We are currently working on the alleged bribery of the [Wafid]." Johan added that his office has yet to question Alex.

El Idris was the first suspect named in the case to go to trial. Cases are still being prepared against Nazaruddin, Rosa and Wafid.