Nazaruddin caught with wife, several others: police

Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Former Democrat Party treasurer Muhammad Nazaruddin was caught with his wife and several other people at 2 am local time in Cartagena, Colombia, on Monday, police said.



He had been to several countries before he was caught in Cartagena, the head of the National Police`s public relations division, Inspector General Anton Bachrul Alam, said here on Monday.



"Nazaruddin departed from Singapore to Vietnam and then he went to Cambodia and by a chartered plane to Bogota through Madrid, Spain, and then the Republic of Dominica," he said.



He said the team that had been hunting him consisted of seven men from the Indonesian police, Interpol and immigration.



The team had been following him for a long time in coordination with local police.



Nazaruddin who is wanted as a suspect in a bribery case linked to a Sea Games athletes village project in Palembang, South Sumatra, left for Singapore a day before the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) asked the ministry of justice and human rights to issue a travel ban for him on May 24.



In an effort to arrest him the Indonesian police had issued a red notice for the international police to help. (H-YH)