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Indonesia's corruption watchdog says another lawmaker arrested
16 Jul 2008
Xinhua Newsfeed
JAKARTA (Thomson Financial) - Indonesian authorities arrested a lawmaker

Wednesday for allegedly taking bribes from developers, the sixth MP to be

detained so far this year in a major corruption crackdown, an official said.

Yusuf Emir Faishal of ex-president Abdurrahman Wahid's National Awakening Party

was arrested by the powerful Corruption Eradication Commission in the early

hours of the morning, commission spokesman Johan Budi said.

The MP was suspected of taking bribes in connection with a parliamentary

decision to approve the rezoning of forest land for commercial development.

"He was arrested early Wednesday and has been named a suspect in the case,"

Budi said.

The MP had already returned 750 million rupiah ($81,750) in alleged bribe money

but the total he was suspected of taking from developers was not known.

Faishal was the head of a parliamentary commission overseeing forest management

in 2005 when he allegedly received bribes to allow development on some 600

hectares of mangrove forest in South Sumatra province.

Indonesia is one of the world's most corrupt countries and ranks 143rd on

Transparency International's global corruption perceptions index, on an equal

pegging with Russia, Togo and Gambia.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono promised to stamp out corruption when he was

elected in 2004 and the anti-corruption commission has recently launched a

series of high-profile raids.

Its targets have included core institutions such as the supreme court and the

central bank, as well as the attorney's general's and customs offices.

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