Through Three Heads Of Villages In Bekasi City, KPK Investigate Alleged Cutting Of Allowances By Rahmat Effendi

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has examined three village heads in Bekasi City. The examination was carried out to investigate allegations of allowances deductions by the inactive Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi or Pepen.

The three lurahs called were Telukpucung Lurah, Djunaidi Abdillah; The Village Head of Harapan Baru, Djunaidi Abdillah; and Lurah Margamulya, Makpudin. The examination of the three as witnesses was carried out on Wednesday, January 26.

"The witnesses were present and confirmed, among other things, related to the alleged cut in the Lurah allowance at the Bekasi City Government which was then deposited for the needs of the suspect RE," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Sector Ali Fikri to reporters, Thursday, January 27.

For information, the KPK suspects that the money from the allowance cuts was used for his personal interests. However, it has not been stated how much money the results of the cuts have been made.

As previously reported, the KPK has named Rahmat Effendi or Pepen along with eight other people as suspects in the alleged bribery in the procurement of goods and services as well as the auction of positions in the Bekasi City Government.

Pepen together with the Secretary of the Investment Office and PTSP, M Bunyamin; Head of Jatisari Village, Mulyadi; Jatisampurna Sub-district Head, Wahyudin; and the Head of the Bekasi City Housing, Settlement and Land Office, Jumhana Lutfi, were named as recipients of bribes.

Meanwhile, the four suspected givers are the Director of PT MAM Energindo, Ali Amril; private party, Lai Bui Min; Director of Bintang Rayatri City, Suryadi; and the sub-district head of Rawalumbu, Makhfud Saifudin.

Pepen is suspected of receiving billions of rupiah as a commitment fee from the private sector whose land was acquired for a project belonging to the Bekasi City Government and received compensation. However, he called the money a mosque donation code.

In addition to the bribes above, the KPK revealed that Pepen also received money related to project management and contract labor at the Bekasi City Government in the amount of Rp. 30 million. The money was given by the Director of PT MAM Energindo, Ali Amril and received by the Secretary of the Investment Office and PTSP Bekasi City, M Bunyamin.

Furthermore, he received some money from employees at the Bekasi City Government in exchange for their position. However, it did not specify how much money the Golkar Party politician received.