Tonight The KPK Determines The Status Of The Governor Of South Sulawesi Nurdin Abdullah

KPK Building (Wardhany Tsa Tsia / VOI)

JAKARTA - The legal status of the Governor of South Sulawesi Nurdin Abdullah and five other people who were caught in a hand-arrest operation (OTT) will be determined tonight, Saturday, February 27 by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

"Within 1x24 hours, we will immediately determine the attitude of this arrest," said Acting (Plt) spokesman for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Ali Fikri in a written statement, Saturday, February 27.

Apart from Nurdin, the KPK arrested five other people who were officials in the South Sulawesi Provincial Government and the private sector. Until now, he said, the KPK was still intensively examining Nurdin and the five people who were arrested on Friday, February 26, evening.

He hopes that all parties can wait for the investigation process at the KPK which is still ongoing. "We are currently still intensively examining the parties who were caught red-handed. Among them are the regional heads," explained Fikri.

Fikri also emphasized that his party would work according to legal procedures against the six people who were caught red-handed in South Sulawesi. "We make sure that the KPK works in accordance with applicable legal procedures," he said.

Meanwhile, from the information gathered by VOI, the KPK will hold a press conference at 22.00 WIB at the earliest. The news circulated that the statement to the media crew was an application of the status of Nurdin Abdullah Cs.