Former Sebamban Village Head Has Just Been Investigated About Land Function Changes To Ports In The Mardani Maming Case

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has examined four witnesses related to the alleged bribery of mining business licenses that ensnared the Regent of Tanah Bumbu Mardani H. Maming. One of the witnesses examined was the former head of the Sebamban Baru village, Ilmi Umar.

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, said that the examination of the four witnesses was carried out on Thursday, August 18 at the Special Criminal Directorate of the South Kalimantan Police.

During the examination, investigators studied several things, including the conversion of land to the port of the company PT Permata Abadi Raya (PAR).

"Ilmi Umar as the former Head of Sebamban Baru Village and witness Riza Azhari was charged with, among other things, related to the chronology of ownership of land used as a port for PT PAR," Ali told reporters, Friday, August 19.

Investigators are also looking into other things, from financial flows to the formation of the PT PAR company. This was investigated by two other witnesses, namely Eka Risnawati who is part of PT PAR's finances and PT Trans Surya Perkasa (TPS).

"Eka Risnawati as the finance department of PT PAR and PT TSP was investigated regarding the witness' knowledge, including the cashflow of PT PAR and PT TSP," said Ali.

"Wawan Surya, the investigative team, confirmed the chronology of the formation of PT PAR," he continued.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named Mardani a suspect in the alleged bribery and gratification of a mining business permit in Tanah Bumbu Regency. He was named the suspect as the recipient, while the giver, Hendry Soetio, who was the controller of PT Prolindo Cipta Nusantara (PCN) had died.

Even though he died, the KPK confirmed that investigators had received evidence related to Mardani's acceptance. He is believed to have earned money from Hendry from 2014 to 2020.

It is suspected that the money Mardani received through trusted people and his company reached Rp104.3 billion.

As a result of his actions, Mardani Maming was suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 11 of the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law -Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.