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Indonesia's powerful anti-corruption agency has named the religious affairs minister a suspect in a graft case involving state funds allocated for the hajj pilgrimage undertaken by Muslims. | |
"It is true that the religious affairs minister [has been] named as suspect," said Johan Budi, spokesman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). | |
"There is an indication that the suspect as the religious minister violated his authority regarding the hajj hosting management process." | |
The minister, Suryadharma Ali, also heads the country's oldest Islamic party, PPP, which recently joined the coalition led by presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto ahead of the 9 July election. | |
Ali is the second minister in the cabinet of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to be implicated in a high profile corruption scandal. The sports minister was forced to step down in 2012 after being implicated in a graft case surrounding the construction of a sports complex in West Java province. | |
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