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Indonesia's Parliament Speaker Named Corruption Suspect

by Associated Press

   JAKARTA --

   Indonesia's anti-graft agency has named the speaker of Parliament as a
   suspect in a corruption scandal in which officials allegedly pocketed
   more than $170 million in government money.

   The chief of the Corruption Eradication Commission, Agus Rahardjo,
   announced Monday that there is sufficient evidence to name Speaker
   Setya Novanto a suspect.
   Anti-corruption police allege that a network of about 80 people, mostly
   legislators, and several companies used the introduction of a $440
   million electronic identity card system in 2011 and 2012 to steal more
   than a third of the allotted funds.
   Among those named in an indictment presented at the trial of two
   Interior Ministry officials in March are the justice minister, a former
   interior minister and two provincial governors.