Indonesian energy minister questioned in graft probe

Indonesia's anti-graft agency questioned the energy minister on Monday over a corruption scandal that has ensnared top oil officials and threatened to tarnish President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's final year in office. Minister Jero Wacik, a member of the president's ruling Democratic party, was called in as a witness by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as part of a probe into bribery charges against the head of the energy regulator SKKMigas. "I am here to fulfill a KPK summons today to provide an explanation about a case that is currently being processed," Wacik told reporters after arriving at the agency's headquarters in Jakarta. The regulator was thrown into disarray in August when Rudi Rubiandini, who has since been suspended as chairman, was arrested on suspicion of accepting a bribe from an employee of Singapore-based firm Kernel Oil.



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