Anti-corruption officers arrested an Indonesian lawmaker at a luxury hotel Wednesday after he allegedly accepted a US$174,000 (euro111,000) bribe.
The lawmaker from an Islamic party received the money from someone attempting to gain permission to develop a plot of forest land, said Syamsah Ardisasmita, secretary general of the Corruption Eradication Commission.
The arrest took place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, he said, declining to give more details or name the alleged bribe-giver.
The suspect, identified as Al Amin Nur Nasution, was not available for comment.
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