In April 2018, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named 38 former members of the North Sumatera Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) as suspects of graft. The development came as a result of investigation into the case of corruption that brought down the disgraced Governor of North Sumatera Gatot Pujo Nugroho. The KPK had previously named 12 politicians suspects in the same case over the span of 2015 and 2016. The trials of the suspects ended in August 2019, but the KPK continued its investigation. Entering 2020, the KPK announced that it had named 14 new suspects in the case. All of whom are former members of the DPRD. The trials of all remaining suspects started in the same year. The trial ended this week as the court read the decisions for all the remaining suspects.
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