By the end of 2018, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) announced that they had commenced a new investigation into the case of alleged bribery in Jepara, Central Java. It was later revealed that the parties ensnared in the case are the Regent of Jepara one Ahmad Marzuqi and Judge Lasito, a judge in the Semarang District Court. The investigation was not preceded with a sting operation; perhaps this is why the KPK needed longer time to begin the trials. In August 2019, the KPK’s Prosecutors had read their demands for Marzuqi and Lasito. On September 3, 2019, the Panel of Judges read their verdicts.
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