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Anas detained by the KPK over Hambalang corruption case

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Jakarta Globe - January 10, 2014

Rizky Amelia – Former Democratic Party chair Anas Urbaningrum was detained by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) over his alleged role in the Hambalang sports center corruption case on Friday evening, marking the latest arrest of a high-profile graft suspect on the antigraft authority's "Hallowed Friday."

"For the sake of the investigation the KPK detained A.U. [Anas Urbaningrum] at the KPK detention center for the first 20 days," KPK spokesman Johan Budi said.

Anas arrived for questioning earlier Friday afternoon after the KPK, tired of the graft suspect's repeated refusal to respond to the antigraft body's summons, mobilized a team of investigators and police officers to forcibly escort him to the South Jakarta office.

He was named a suspect last February over allegedly receiving kickbacks from the graft-tainted Hambalang construction project. Anas is the latest member of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's ruling Democratic Party to be detained in a corruption investigation.

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