From The North Penajam Paser Regent's Office And The PUPR Office, KPK Finds Evidence Of Project Permits And Financial Transactions

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have completed searching a number of locations to look for evidence related to the alleged receipt of bribes that ensnared the inactive North Penajam Paser Regent Abdul Gafur Mas'ud.

This activity was carried out in a number of places including the Regent's Office to the PUPR Service Office and the Disdik Office on Monday, January 17 yesterday.

"The investigative team has finished conducting searches in several locations in the North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan including the Regent's Office, Regent's Office Home, PUPR Service Office, Disdik Service Office," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri to journalists, Wednesday, January 19.

From the search, Ali revealed, the investigators obtained a number of pieces of evidence. One of them, project documents and permits to financial transactions.

"From these locations, various project documents and permits and financial transactions allegedly related to the case were found and secured," he said.

Next, the evidence will be analyzed. "Analysis of the evidence will be carried out by the investigative team and then followed by confiscation to complete the case file," said Ali. As previously reported, the KPK appointed Abdul Gafur with the Plt Secretary of North Penajam Paser Regency, Mulyadi; Head of Department of Public Works and Spatial Planning of North Penajam Paser Regency Edi Hasmoro; and Head of the North Penajam Paser District Education, Youth and Sports Office, Jusman, and the Balikpapan Democratic Party DPC General Treasurer, Nur Afifah Balqis as bribe recipients.

Meanwhile, as a suspect for giving bribes, the KPK has named a private party named Achmad Zudi. These six people have been named as suspects in alleged bribery in the procurement of goods and services as well as granting permits in North Penajam Paser Regency.

Their determination was initiated from a hand-catching operation (OTT) which was held on Wednesday, January 12 in two locations, namely Jakarta and North Kalimantan. From the results of the action, the KPK also confiscated Rp1 billion and Rp447 million in Balqis's account.