KPK Takes Three Suitcases From The Search Of The South Sulawesi Governor's Office

MAKASSAR - KPK investigators brought three suitcases allegedly containing documents from the search results in the workroom of the Goods and Services Procurement Bureau in the area of the South Sulawesi Governor's Office in Makassar.

The three suitcases brought from the search from 10:00 to 16:00 WITA consisted of one large red suitcase and two other black, medium and small suitcases.

The KPK also secured two boxes which were also suspected of containing important documents related to the investigation of cases of suspected bribery and gratification related to the procurement of goods and services, licensing, and infrastructure development at the South Sulawesi Provincial Government in the 2020-2021 budget year.

Furthermore, the suitcase and boxes were carried into the two trunk of the car that had been prepared.

Asrul Sani, Head of the LPSE Bureau for the Procurement of Goods and Services for the Regional Secretariat of the South Sulawesi Provincial Government, admitted that the number of KPK teams that came were seven accompanied by a number of police equipped with rifles.

"Oh yes (it was searched). It was around 10 o'clock and was escorted by the police," he said.

Regarding the documents that were secured by KPK investigators during this search, he admitted that he did not know about it.

"(Investigators) wear KPK vests and wear batik (their KPK team). Only two rooms. I don't know the documents," he explained.

Previously, the KPK searched the South Sulawesi Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUTR) office and the private home of the suspect South Sulawesi Governor Nurdin Abdullah (NA) on Tuesday, March 2.

The search in South Sulawesi is related to investigations of cases of alleged bribery and gratuities related to the procurement of goods and services, licensing, and infrastructure development at the South Sulawesi Provincial Government in the 2020-2021 fiscal year.