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Democrats Deny Receiving Funds in Games Graft Case
Arientha Primanita | August 12, 2011

A cleaner mops the floor of an athlete A cleaner mops the floor of an athlete's dormitory for the Southeast Asian Games in Palembang, South Sumatra. Picture was taken on July 27, 2011. (Antara Photo)
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Roland
10:43pm Aug 12, 2011

marko1 made a real good observation. It does look like a jail and not like a dormitory for athletes. Must have been cheap to build (but of course with expensive bills) and not all too much spent on architectural design costs too.

Here's BTW a link to a jail in Austria which would rather fit to be a dorm for athletes than the one pictured above.

http://www.readnrock.com/?p=22


anon.everywhere
5:42pm Aug 12, 2011

@Marko1 - Looks like Nazzy's future accomodation at the expense of the State

Perhaps he had a premonition of his future home when it was being designed

devine
4:33pm Aug 12, 2011

"Edhie, who is President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s youngest son, said he appreciated the authorities efforts to track down Nazaruddin. He added that he expected Nazaruddin would face a clean and fair legal process here"

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So you are saying that the legal process here is not always clean and fair???

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makro1; yes. After so much money got "lost" they probably didn't have any money left for features and colors :-)

marko1
2:57pm Aug 12, 2011

See the pic its a dorm! to me it looked like a jail!

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Top Democratic Party executives on Thursday dismissed accusations that it ever received illegal funds, as witnesses testifying in the Southeast Asian Games corruption case recently told the Anti-Corruption Court .

Democrat chairman Anas Urbaningrum said that although he was not aware of any cash flow to his party from the Permai Group, which is owned by former party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin, who has been accused of graft, he was certain such exchanges did not occur.

“I don’t take care of the Democratic Party’s day-to-day finances,” Anas said. However, he was “really certain that there are no such financial issues in the Democratic Party.”

On Wednesday, Yulianis, deputy head of accounting at Permai Group, a holding company owned by Nazaruddin, said the company gave $400,000 and Rp 1 billion ($117,000) to the party.

Yulianis was testifying as a witness at the trial of Mindo Rosalina Manulang, the alleged middleman in the graft case linked to the construction of the athletes’ village for the SEA Games in Palembang.

Edhie Baskoro Yudhoyono, the Democrats’ secretary general, reiterated the remarks of his chairman, promising there had been no illegal flow of funds into the party’s coffers.

Both Anas and Edhie welcomed the news of Nazaruddin’s arrest in Colombia, saying that they hoped his return to Indonesia would help clarify the various accusations dogging the party.

Edhie, who is President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s youngest son, said he appreciated the authorities efforts to track down Nazaruddin. He added that he expected Nazaruddin would face a clean and fair legal process here.

Edhie also confirmed that while the Democrats had planned to dismiss Nazaruddin from the party and the House of Representatives, it was yet to send official notice to the legislature.

“The House is still in recess. But from the party’s side, the dismissal letter has been signed and will be sent soon after the recess period ends,” he said.

On Wednesday, prominent political activist Fadjroel Rachman arrived at the House building, asking for an explanation regarding Nazaruddin’s status.

The party had announced Nazaruddin’s dismissal on July 25, but there has been no significant follow up since.

Fadjroel said that in the absence of any formal notification from the Democrats, Nazaruddin was still officially a member of the House, meaning that he continued to receive a salary.