Rizky Amelia – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) questioned Atiyah Laila, the wife of Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum, on Thursday regarding her role in the graft-ridden Hambalang project in Bogor.

Atiyah was a commissioner at Dutasari Citralaras, a subcontractor of construction company Adhi Karya that won the Hambalang project worth Rp 1.52 trillion ($165 million).

Anas Urbaningrum was earlier accused by the former treasurer of the Democratic Party, Muhammad Nazaruddin, of receiving Rp 100 billion to grant the project to Adhi Karya. The money, Nazaruddin said, was used for Anas's campaign to become party chairman.

Though Anas confirmed that his wife was a commissioner at Dutasari Citralaras, he said she had resigned before the Hambalang project took place. "Her position as a commissioner was in 2008," Anas said. "But she was questioned about the Hambalang case that happened in 2010."

Thirty women from a religious study group came to the KPK building today to support Atiyah and they brought her white roses.