Rizky Amelia – Corruption Eradication Commission investigators looking into the alleged bribery of two Anti-Corruption Court judges are widening their net to see if other members of the judiciary are involved.

"We will investigate whether there were only two. Everyone will be evaluated to find out whether only two or more were involved," Bambang Widjojanto, deputy chairman of the agency known as the KPK, said on Thursday.

The antigraft body caught two ad hoc Anti-Corruption Court judges red-handed as they were allegedly receiving bribes in Semarang, Central Java, last week.

The two judges were identified as Kartini Marpaung, a judge with the Semarang Anti-Corruption Court, and Heru Kusbandono, a judge with the Pontianak Anti-Corruption Court. The judges were arrested while receiving at least Rp 100 million ($10,500) from an alleged middleman, identified as Sri Dartuti, in the parking lot of the Semarang District Court.

"We caught red-handed three persons, including S. D., and are now questioning them," Bambang said at the time, adding that the KPK cooperated with the Supreme Court in making the arrest.

The bribery is allegedly related to an investigation into a graft case implicating a senior local official.

The Supreme Court's deputy chief Djoko Sarwoko said it would evaluate the work of the two Anti-Corruption Courts following the arrest. "This incident gives bad name to the institutions, the Anti-Corruption Courts, which are tasked with heavy responsibilities," Djoko said.

Kartini, one of the judges caught, said she was suffering from gout, prompting the KPK to seek medical assistance to check on her condition.

A doctor and a nurse arrived at the KPK building on Wednesday morning. "We were asked to check on a detainee at the KPK's detention house," Dr. Suryoprayitno said on Wednesday.

The KPK has named the two judges as bribery suspects in relation to the graft case involving the car maintenance budget of the Grobogan Legislative Council (DPRD) in Central Java.

The Semarang Anti-Corruption Court was handling the car maintenance budget case, in which M. Yaeni, the speaker of DPRD Grobogan, was a suspect. Dartuti allegedly acted as an intermediary between Yaeni and the judges.

House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie last week said the case showed a need to increase judges' salaries.