House, KPK, BPK to join forces on oil graft probe

by renovatio | July 28, 2008 at 11:55 pm | 241 views | add comment | 0 recommendations

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Team up...a big project for three of the most powerful bodies start to investigate for oil and gas sector. KPK (The CORRUPTION ERADICATION COMMISSION), with outstanding achievement for solving many of corrupt issue in Indonesia and put them to jail.

Three of the country's most powerful bodies have pledged to work together to investigate the alleged misappropriation of billions of dollars in state revenue from the oil and gas sector.

Government officials, lawmakers and businesspeople are reportedly implicated in the suspected embezzlement.

A member of the House of Representatives' special inquiry committee (Pansus) on fuel prices, Drajat Wibowo, said the House committee would work with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Supreme Audit Body (BPK) to uncover corruption in the production, import, export and distribution of Indonesia's oil and gas.