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Angelina Sondakh arrested for alleged roles in graft-ridden projects

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Jakarta Globe - April 27, 2012

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested Democratic Party lawmaker Angelina Sondakh on Friday in connection with multiple corruption cases surrounding construction projects.

Johan Budi, the spokesman of the KPK, did not mention how many cases she was implicated in, but said they involved the use of state funds between 2010 and 2011 and that she allegedly received bribes in her capacity as a lawmaker.

During a press briefing on Friday about Angelina's arrest, Johan added that the projects were based in Java and Sumatra.

Angelina, former Miss Indonesia and former secretary-general of the Democratic Party, was earlier named a suspect in February for her role in the graft-ridden construction project of an athletes' village in Palembang for the 2011 Southeast Asian Games.

Former Democratic Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin, who was recently convicted in the case, has implicated Angelina in it and also in another case surrounding the construction project of the Hambalang Stadium in Bogor in 2010. Nazaruddin said Angelina received up to Rp 10 billion ($1 million) in bribes from the Hambalang project.

A live report from Metro TV showed Angelina was guarded by police officers as she was escorted to the KPK headquarters in Jakarta for her detention. The KPK has also cited the wife of Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum, Atiyah Laila, as one of the parties allegedly involved in the graft-ridden Hambalang project.

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