Allegedly Received Bribery Related To The Financial Examination Of The South Sulawesi PUTR Office, 4 BPK Employees Detained By KPK

JAKARTA - Four members of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have been detained by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). They are suspected of receiving bribes from the Secretary of the PUTR Office of South Sulawesi Province, Edy Rahmat, regarding the examination of financial statements.

Deputy Chairman of the KPK Alexander Marwata said the alleged bribery was a development of the case that ensnared the former Governor of South Sulawesi Nurdin Abdullah.

"The KPK then upgraded the status of this case to the investigation stage by announcing the suspect," Alexander said at a press conference at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, August 18.

The suspected recipients of bribes are the Head of the Southeast Sulawesi BPK Representative or the former Head of the South Sulawesi I BPK's South Sulawesi Provincial Representatives' Auditorate Andi Sonny; examiner at BPK Representative of South Sulawesi Province Yohanes Binur Haryanto Manik; former First Examiner of BPK Representative of South Sulawesi Province or Head of Subdivision of Public Relations and Administration of BPK Representative of South Sulawesi Wahid Ikhsan Wahyudin; and examiner at BPK Representative of South Sulawesi Gilang Gumilar.

"The giver is ER (Edy Rahmat) the Secretary of the PUTR Office of South Sulawesi Province," said Alexander.

In this case, Alexander said that the South Sulawesi Representative BPK had a number of agendas including examining the report of the South Sulawesi Provincial Government for the 2020 fiscal year. To launch this activity, an inspection team was formed, one of which was Yohanes.

"One of the entities that is the object of the examination is the Public Works and Spatial Planning Office (PUTR) of the South Sulawesi Provincial Government," he said.

However, before the investigation was carried out, Yohanes was suspected of having frequently communicated with other members, such as Andi, Wahid, and Gilang. One of the conversations between them is manipulating examination findings.

This manipulation culminates in the giving of money. Alexander said that Edy agreed to give this money by calling it a participation fund.

The bribe money came from the contractors who won the project in the 2020 fiscal year. "It is suspected that the amount of participation funds requested is 1 percent of the project value," said Alexander.

"And from the total participation funds collected, ER will get 10 percent," he continued.

Alexander detailed that the money received by the four BPK employees reached IDR 2.8 billion in stages.

Then Andi also received Rp 100 million which he later used to take care of his promotion as Head of the BPK Representative.

"Meanwhile, ER also gets a quota of around Rp. 324 million and the KPK will still investigate the alleged flow of money in the management of the South Sulawesi Provincial Government's financial statements," said Alexander.

As the alleged givers, Andi, Yohanes, Wahid, and Gilang were then detained at the KPK Detention Center at the Red and White Building and the KPK Detention Center in Lot C1. Meanwhile, Edy Rahmat is currently serving his sentence at the Class I Sukamiskin Prison, Bandung for four years.

As a result of their actions, the four BPK employees were suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or letter b or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Crimes. Criminal Corruption Jo Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, Edy as the giver is suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or b or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.