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Indonesian anti-graft investigators arrested Papua's governor on Tuesday in a corruption probe on suspicion of accepting bribes linked to infrastructure projects in the restive eastern province, officials said.
Authorities have accused Lukas Enembe, 55, of granting contracts -- worth up to 40 billion rupiah ($2.57 million) between 2019 and 2021 -- for construction projects to a company with an inexperienced track record in the sector.
He was accused in September of accepting a bribe of one billion rupiah from the company but failed to respond to several summonses to Jakarta from anti-graft authorities, citing health reasons.

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The poverty-stricken region receives ample central government funding but experts say much is lost to corruption and wasteful spending.
In September, Indonesia's Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) said it obtained evidence Enembe made transactions in casinos abroad worth 560 billion rupiah.
The KPK said it is still investigating.
Indonesian anti-graft investigators arrested Papua's governor on Tuesday in a corruption probe on suspicion of accepting bribes linked to infrastructure projects in the restive eastern province, officials said.
Authorities have accused Lukas Enembe, 55, of granting contracts -- worth up to 40 billion rupiah ($2.57 million) between 2019 and 2021 -- for construction projects to a company with an inexperienced track record in the sector.
He was accused in September of accepting a bribe of one billion rupiah from the company but failed to respond to several summonses to Jakarta from anti-graft authorities, citing health reasons.

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The poverty-stricken region receives ample central government funding but experts say much is lost to corruption and wasteful spending.
In September, Indonesia's Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) said it obtained evidence Enembe made transactions in casinos abroad worth 560 billion rupiah.
The KPK said it is still investigating.