JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The National Police’s Criminal Investigation (Bareskrim Polri) has questioned Amir Syamsuddin related to further investigation into graft allegation during his term as Minister of Law & Human Rights.

Amir Syamsuddin is head of SBY’s Democratic Party Honorary Board.

Amir told journalists that he was questioned for two hours on Tuesday (Mar. 3) at around 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Amir said that the police’s investigators questioned him related to graft allegation on the payment gateway system during his term as Law Minister.

As reported earlier, a person namely Syamsul Rizal has filed a police report against former Deputy Minister of Law & Human Rights Denny Indrayana related to graft allegation that estimately caused RP32 billion of state loses.

Amir Syamsuddin and Denny Indrayana lead the Ministry of Law & Human Rights from 2011 to 2014 under the administration of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY). (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)