Assets Worth Rp. 3 Billion Belonging To The Former Mojokerto Regent Were Confiscated By The KPK

JAKARTA - The KPK confiscated assets in the form of land and buildings worth IDR 3 billion in Musi Banyuasin Regency, South Sumatra in connection with a money laundering case involving the former Mojokerto Regent, Mustofa Kamal Pasa.

"The KPK Investigative Team and the KPK UN Task Force (managing evidence) confiscated and installed a sign of confiscation of evidence in the form of land and buildings covering an area of 31,815 square meters in the name of Ahmad Syamsu Wirawan in Soak Baru Village, Sekayu District, Musi. Banyuasin, "said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri in his statement in Jakarta, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, September 15.

He stated that the estimated asset value is currently around IDR 3 billion. The confiscation process was attended and witnessed by the head of Soak Baru sub-district and the head of the local RW, accompanied by officials from the National Land Agency of Musi Banyuasin and officers of the Palembang State Seized Objects Storage House.

"The land and buildings are assets of PT Musi Karya Perkasa with SHM Number 00281 on behalf of Ahmad Syamsu Wirawan who still has family ties to the MKP suspect," said Fikri.

The land, he continued, was allegedly purchased by Pasa in 2015 and the construction of a dormitory, office, fence and facilities in it was carried out to support the AMP-Hotmix business activities of PT Musi Karya Perkasa which worked on road projects at the PUPR Office of Musi Banyuasin Regency in 2015.

The KPK announced Pasa as a money laundering suspect on December 18, 2018. From the receipt of gratuities by Pasa of around Rp. 34 billion, the KPK found allegations of money laundering by the person concerned.

Pasa is suspected of violating Article 3 and / or Article 4 of Law Number 8/2010 concerning the Prevention and Eradication of the Crime of Money Laundering.

He is suspected of receiving part of the money from partners implementing projects in the Mojokerto regency, Dinas and SKPD / OPD, sub-districts, and principals of SD-SMA schools in Mojokerto Regency. The total gratuity provision is at least IDR 34 billion.

He allegedly never reported the receipt of the gratuity to the KPK as stipulated in article 16 of Law Number 30/2002 on KPK and Article 12 C of Law Number 20/2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Criminal Actions.

Pasa is suspected of having deposited in cash or partly deposited into the bank account concerned or allegedly through family-owned companies in the Musika Group, namely CV Musika, PT Sirkah Purbantara (SPU-MIX) and PT Jisoelman Putra Bangsa with material or concrete debt mode.

He is also suspected of placing, storing, and spending the proceeds from the receipt of gratuities in the form of cash of around Rp. 4.2 billion, 30 units of four-wheeled vehicles on behalf of other parties, two-wheeled vehicles on behalf of other parties, and five units of jetski.