Rizky Amelia – Antigraft investigators arrested a former Religious Affairs Ministry official on Friday in connection with the corrupt procurement of Korans, a spokesman said.

Ahmad Jauhari, the former director of Shariah guidance at the directorate for Islamic guidance, is charged with abusing his position for financial gain in a case that shocked even those with the most cynical view of Indonesia's relationship with transparent procurement.

"[Ahmad] is being detained in Salemba [penitentiary] for the next 20 days," Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesman Johan Budi said on Friday. He has been charged under the 1999 law on corruption.

"I had no intention to corrupt, not even a little bit," Ahmad said as he walked out of the KPK building in Kuningan, South Jakarta, after his interrogation.

Ahmad, if convicted, would not be the first scalp that anti-graft investigators have claimed in the case.

The Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court in May sentenced Golkar lawmaker Zulkarnaed Djabar to 15 years in prison. In addition to serving jail time, the court also ordered Zulkarnaen to pay Rp 300 million ($30,600) or spend an additional month in jail.

Zulkarnaen, who served on House Commission VIII overseeing religious affairs, was named a suspect in July, 2012, for rigging the bid to procure Korans for the Religious Affairs Ministry, among other projects. He appointed Fahd El Fouz as a broker between him and the ministry.

Zulkarnaen's son, Dendy Prasetya, was sentenced to eight years in prison and ordered to pay Rp 200 million in fines or face another month as a guest of the state.