KPK searches Marine Fisheries Resources Control Directorate General

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searched the Marine and Fisheries Resources Control Directorate General at the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry in Jakarta on Thursday.

"I have just been informed that a team (of investigators) searched one of echelon I units at the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry yesterday. The search is part of the investigation we are conducting," KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah said at the KPK Building in Jakarta on Friday.

During the search, KPK confiscated documents related to the procurement of ship and electronic evidence.

In a related development, the anti-graft body also searched the office of PT Daya Radar Utama (DRU) located in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, on Friday.

PT DRU is engaged in the shipbuilding industry.

"When I checked with the team in the field, they were in the process of searching (the office). They seized documents related to the procurement or purchase of a ship," he said.   

However, the KPK spokesman stopped short of revealing the case that prompted the anti-graft body to search the two offices.

"Now that the team is still in the field, we cannot reveal more information about the case and who the suspect is. We will announce all this in the next few days after a series of preliminary activities in the field have been completed," he said.

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