JAKARTA: Indonesian anti-corruption investigators have arrested the constitutional court’s top judge for allegedly accepting a bribe of more than $250,000 in a case linked to a disputed election, an official said on Thursday.

Akil Mochtar was detained on Wednesday at his Jakarta home shortly after a businessman and a lawmaker allegedly handed him around three billion rupiah, said Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) spokesman Johan Budi.

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