Indonesian House Speaker Setya Novanto (C) sits on a wheelchair as he is escorted by investigators and aides upon arrival at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta Nov. 19, 2017. The Indonesian parliament has planned to hold an assembly to respond to the recent detention of Speaker Setya Novanto over corruption charges, seeking his replacement, a council member said on Monday. Novanto was arrested and brought to the detention facility of Indonesia's anti-corruption commission of KPK Sunday night. (Xinhua/Dedi Istanto)
JAKARTA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The Indonesian parliament planned to hold an assembly to respond to the recent detention of speaker Setya Novanto over corruption charges, seeking his replacement, a council member said here Monday.
"In the upcoming assembly, the recommendation to replace the speaker would be discussed," a parliament member, Maman Imanulhaq, said in the parliament premises.
Novanto was arrested and brought to the detention facility of Indonesia's anti-corruption commission of KPK on Sunday night.
The arrest came following the commission's efforts to bring him to justice related to corruption scandal on digital ID card project that cost the state some 2.3 trillion rupiah (about 170 million U.S. dollars).
The commission has detained five suspects in the case that comprised of officials of the interior ministry, a businessman, a parliament member and the parliament speaker.
