Ulma Haryanto – Corruption Eradication Commission spokesman Johan Budi said the antigraft body would not ignore allegations leveled against one of its deputy chairmen by graft suspect and fugitive lawmaker Muhammad Nazaruddin.

In a telephone interview with Metro TV last week, Nazaruddin said that Chandra M. Hamzah, of the commission known as the KPK, had a "deal" with Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum.

The deal, according to Nazaruddin, was for Anas to ensure that Chandra would be re-elected as the KPK's deputy chairman. In return, Chandra would not summon Anas in relation to the graft case investigation surrounding construction of an athlete's village for the upcoming Southeast Asian Games.

"Regarding the information given by Nazaruddin, the KPK will form a team to investigate it because it is important to verify any information about the KPK's officials, no matter how small the information is," Johan said on Monday.