Jakarta Globe | December 10, 2011
Long-time fugitive graft suspect Nunun Nurbaeti was arrested Friday afternoon in Bangkok, Thailand by Interpol agents and is being returned to Indonesia for questioning, the Corruption Eradication Commission said on Saturday.
She is wanted in connection with the 2004 bribery case involving the appointment of Miranda Goeltom as central bank deputy governor. Nunun allegedly handed out billions of rupiah in bribes in the form of traveler's checks to lawmakers to ensure Miranda's selection.
She has been on the Interpol red list since June 2011 but has been out of the country much longer. Her family has insisted that she was too ill to face questioning and that she went abroad for medical treatment.
Her lawyer, Ira Rachman, said she would accompany Nunun when she is questioned by the KPK.
As word spread of her arrest, journalists flocked to Soekarno Hatta International Airport to await her early evening arrival from Bangkok.
za 10 dec 2011 - 12:59