Ina Parlina, Jakarta – House of Representative's budgetary body deputy head Olly Dondokambey claims that his office is clear of any involvement with the bribery case related to the funding scheme for the Infrastructure Development Acceleration Program (PPID), which also implicated former member Wa Ode Nurhayati.

On Thursday, Olly appeared at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to undergo questioning as a witness for Wa Ode, who was declared a suspect by the KPK in December last year.

"KPK investigators asked me whether the budget committee knew about what Wa Ode [Nurhayati] did in the case. I told them we did not," said Olly, who is a lawmaker from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), after he underwent a 7-hour questioning session.

He also denied knowledge of any bribery plot in the fund's handling. "We know nothing about any fees – just ask Wa Ode [Nurhayati]," he said.

Nurhayati, a former committee member from the National Mandate Party (PAN), is charged of accepting Rp 6 billion in kickbacks from businessman Fahd A. Rafiq to facilitate the disbursement of regional transfer funds for PPID in three regencies in Aceh including Pidie, Benar Meriah and Aceh Besar.

The PPID program is suspected to have been abused by politicians to coax businesspeople into paying bribes in return for project contracts funded by the program.

The money received by Nurhayati was allegedly provided by Haris Suharman who transferred it through Nurhayati's personal staffer Sefa Yolanda. The KPK declared Fahd a suspect in the case and imposed travel bans on Sefa Yolanda and Haris Suharman.

Nurhayati previously denied the charges, saying she lacked the authority to allocate funds for projects. She accused committee leaders of having been involved in the case.