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Adang: Nunun 'is in my heart'

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Jakarta Globe - November 28, 2011

Ezra Sihite – Adang Daradjatun, the husband of graft suspect Nunun Nurbaeti, on Monday finally admitted where his wife is: "I've told you, she's in my heart."

Nunun is wanted because of her involvement in a bribery case. Despite photos released by the media allegedly showing Nunun traveling in Singapore and Thailand, National Police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) remain uncertain of her whereabouts.

Adang repeated firmly that his wife is ill. But her illness keeps changing. When the KPK began their investigation, Nunun's husband reported that she was suffering from a mysterious illness that causes memory loss.

In June, Golkar politician Fahmi Idris, claiming he received information from a trustworthy source, said Nunun routinely goes to a hospital for treatment on her sprained ankle.

Last week, after Nunun's traveling photos were released, Adang said Nunun was suffering from a blood vessel constriction in her brain. He said that she had to undergo several brain scans and could not possibly be traveling.

On Monday Adang announced that his wife was suffering from another disease. "She is suffering from Alzheimer's disease. I guarantee that she is ill," he said.

Nunun was accused of delivering money to lawmakers to help Miranda Goeltom become the deputy governor of the Bank of Indonesia. Nunun fled to Singapore just before the KPK issued a travel ban. While several lawmakers have been locked up behind bars in the case, Nunun, the key suspect, has not even been arrested.

Adang said that news about Nunun from last week burdened him, his children and grandchildren. "It is not a problem if she is arrested by international police and taken to Indonesia," he said. "She's a suspect, fugitive, but I have to underline that she's ill. Please respect it."

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