Central Mamberamo Regent Inactive Trial At Makassar Corruption Court Next Week

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) heard the inactive Central Mamberamo Regent Ricky Ham Pagawak on Wednesday (26/7) at the Corruption Court (Tipikor) at the Makassar District Court.

"Based on the determination from the panel of judges at the Corruption Court at the Makassar District Court, on Wednesday (26/7) it is scheduled to read the indictment with the defendant Ricky Ham Pagawak," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, July 18.

In the trial, said Ali, the KPK prosecutor team will fully outline the alleged bribery, gratification and money laundering (TPPU) crimes committed by the defendant.

The KPK has named Ricky Ham Pagawak (RHP) as a suspect in the alleged bribery case related to infrastructure development projects in Central Mamberamo Regency, Papua Mountains.

After developing the case, the KPK then re-established Ricky Ham Pagawak as a suspect in the alleged money laundering case (TPPU). The KPK then revealed that the estimated value of the TPPU Ricky Ham Pagawak reached Rp210 billion

Since being named a suspect, Ricky Ham Pagawak has disappeared and has been on the KPK's wanted list (DPO) since July 15, 2022. Ricky Ham Pagawak had fled to Papua New Guinea for seven months.

Ricky Ham's escape ended after KPK investigators detected his presence in Indonesia in early February 2023, until he was finally arrested in Abepura on February 19, 2023.

Apart from Ricky Ham, the KPK also named three other suspects from the private sector as the giver of bribes, namely the President Director of PT Bina Karya Raya (BKR) Simon Pampang (SP), Director of PT Bumi Abadi Perkasa (BAP) Jusieandra Pribadi Pampang (JPP), and Director of PT Solata Sukses Bangun (SSM) Marten Toding (MT).