Former election panel head requests justice collaborator status in Indonesian election graft case


Suspended General Elections Commission chief Wahyu Setiawan (centre) is accused of accepting a Rp900 million (US$65,948) bribe from Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle politician Harun Masiku. - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Former General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner and graft suspect Wahyu Setiawan has offered himself up as a justice collaborator for the case that implicated him as well as other alleged election violators.

Saiful Anam, Wahyu's lawyer, told reporters that the former official had filed the request during a hearing with the Jakarta Corruption Court on July 9.

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