Jakarta, Dec. 2 -- The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) VI Commissioner M. Syarkawi Rauf in connection with investigation over corruption in a sugar distribution bribery case in PTPN III during the 2019 financial year.

PTPN VI operates in the fields of palm oil and rubber and tea plantations, while PTPN III operates in the fields of palm oil and rubber.

Syarkawi is scheduled to be a witness for Marketing Director of PTPN III I Kadek Kertha Laksana, who has been named a suspect.

"Syarkawi is scheduled to come in today as suspect," KPK's spokesperson, Febri Diansyah, remarked in Jakarta on Monday.

Apart from Syarkawi, the KPK also summoned two other witnesses for suspect Laksana: Chairman o...