Police say they have arrested a deputy head from Indonesia's top corruption-fighting body, days after the official said a national police chief hopeful was a graft suspect.
Police spokesman Ronny Franky Sompie said today that Bambang Widjojanto, 55, one of the Corruption Eradication Commission deputies, was arrested for alleged false testimony when he was dealing with a regional election dispute as a lawyer in 2010.
Two weeks ago, President Joko Widodo nominated Lt. Gen. Budi Gunawan as National Police chief, but a day before parliament held a confirmation hearing on his nomination the commission declared him a graft suspect. Parliament still endorsed his nomination.
The case is seen as a test of Widodo's commitment to reform after being elected in July, largely on the back of his clean image.
