Rizky Amelia, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on Saturday said it would question Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman and former president Megawati Soekarnoputri in an investigation into the controversial Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance, or BLBI, a bailout scandal that began in 1997 during Asian financial crisis.

"We will summon Megawati," KPK Chief Abraham Samad said. He said that the commission would have no trouble asking her to appear, having already summoned Vice President Boediono and former Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

The commission said it would reopen the investigation after the end of Ramadan. He also set a target for completing the investigation: December 2015, the end of his terms as KPK chief.

According to a report by the State Audit Agency (BPK), Rp 138.4 ($11.95 billion) of the Rp 144.5 trillion ($12.47 billion) in bailout funds amounted to state losses. Another audit conducted by the State Development Comptroller (BPKP) found that Rp 54.4 trillion had been misused.

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