Jakarta – Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) deputy chief Mochammad Jasin says the House of Representatives often interrupts the KPK's investigations.

"The interventions are in form of phone calls. Sometimes, the House asks us not to probe certain cases. The House also disputes that corruption cases should always be handled by the KPK," Mochammad said on Friday in Jakarta.

"The lawmakers suggest that half the cases should be handled by other law enforcement agencies," Jasin said.

Jasin, however, said that he did not know if House members had interfered in the KPK's probe of lawmaker and former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin, who has been connected to more than 40 corruption cases involving more than Rp 6 trillion (US$702 million).