Abdul Gani Kasuba Denies Asking For Rp3 Billion Saweran To Date 'Threesome': They're My Children

TERNATE - Former Governor of North Maluku (Malut) Abdul Gani Kasuba (AGK) denied asking for Rp3 billion in money given to a number of women.

"I consider them to be my children and it is not true that they have collected money for women," said AGK when denying a number of witnesses presented in the follow-up trial of the gratification case at the Ternate District Court, reported by ANTARA, Thursday, July 25.

This was conveyed by AGK when the KPK prosecutor showed evidence of Rp. 3 billion from 130 transactions given to women according to the direction of AGK money for women through witness Eliya Gabrina Bachmid.

The money given to women starts from Rp. 10 million to Rp. 50 million.

According to AGK, the evidence of the transaction submitted by the prosecutor must be investigated because there are multiple numbers.

During the trial, the KPK prosecutor showed evidence of witness Eliya Gabrina Bachmid making transactions in four accounts and one of them through BRI used 5.000 Singapore dollars and there was money in an account worth IDR 6 billion.

The prosecutor presented witness Eliya Gabrina Bachmid as a witness for the defendant AGK.

In front of the judge, witness Eliya asked to remain in accordance with the BAP in front of KPK investigators as a liaison and asked for help by the former Governor of North Maluku AGK to bring the woman ordered by the defendant.

In his previous testimony, Eliya escorted and accompanied women whose numbers had dozens of people to meet with AGK at the hotel, at that time, the women who had been taken to the hotel room, then the witness left the woman with AGK in the room.

According to him, in that room, the om Hajj, was greeted by the former Governor of North Maluku AGK with the woman for 1-2 hours.

The witness admitted that he was waiting outside, then the woman came out and was escorted by the witness home.

In addition, Eliya, who is also a member of the South Halmahera Regency DPRD, admitted that often AGK asks witnesses to give money to the woman using personal money, but AGK will replace it with a value ranging from Rp. 10 million to Rp. 50 million for women accompanying AGK.

Eliya admitted that the total money spent only to pay for women was Rp. 3 billion and the former Governor of North Maluku AGK usually met three beautiful women starting at the Bidakara Hotel and Swiss-Belhotel Jakarta, as well as the Bela Hotel in Ternate.

Every time he wants to take a beautiful woman to the AGK, Eliya first contacts the aide or goes directly to the AGK using a code starting from the word Ayu or love, after responding, then witness Eliya goes to the hotel with a woman who will be met with AGK.

Meanwhile, another witness, Olivia Bachmid, is the wife of the suspect Muhaimin admitted that in managing the main prisma project, she received Rp2 billion for business purposes.