Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Corruption fugitive Muhammad Nazaruddin has been fired from the Democratic Party.

Democrat Ramadhan Pohan confirmed that President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the party's advisory board chairman, had agreed to the course of action.

Ramadhan also rejected a claim by Nazaruddin that he had already resigned from the party. "We haven't received any resignation letter from Nazaruddin."

Nazaruddin, who fled to Singapore on May 23, has been implicated in several corruption cases. He is being sought primarily for his role in a graft scandal involving the construction of the Rp a Rp 200 billion ($23.4 million) athletes' village in South Sumatra for November's Southeast Asian Games.

For helping a bidder win, he allegedly received a 13 percent cut, or about Rp 26 billion.