Former Bandung Regional Secretary Ema Sumarna Examined By KPK Today

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) summoned the former Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Bandung City Ema Sumarna along with four members of the Bandung City DPRD for the 2019-2024 period today.

The five people were investigated for alleged corruption in the procurement of surveillance cameras or CCTV and internet service provider (ISP) projects for the Bandung Smart City program.

"The investigation was carried out at the KPK's Red and White Building on behalf of ES as the Bandung City Secretary," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika to reporters in a written statement, Thursday, September 26.

Tessa said ES was summoned along with four Bandung city legislators, namely R, AN, FC, and YC. Meanwhile, from the information obtained, they are Rianto, Achmad Nugraha, Ferry Cahyadi, and Yudi Cahyadi.

Semua pihak yang dianggil sebut Tessa hadir, kecuali YC. Dia akan hadir ke kantor komisi antirasuah pada Jumat, 27 September.

"Because the summons is retur. The information in question will be present tomorrow," said the spokesman with the investigator's background.

Previously reported, the KPK developed allegations of corruption related to the procurement of CCTV for the Bandung Smart City program. It is reported that there are suspects who have been named, namely the Regional Secretary of Bandung City, Ema Sumarna, who recently resigned.

Meanwhile, Yana Mulyana was also caught in this case and found guilty of receiving gratuities in the CCTV procurement project case at the Bandung City Transportation Service. He was sentenced to four years in prison and paid a fine of Rp. 200 million, a subsidiary of three months in prison.

The panel of judges stated that Yana Mulyana was proven to have received gratuities in the form of money and facilities to Thailand from Benny as Director of PT Sarana Mitra Adiguna (SMA), Andreas Guntoro as Vertical Slution Manager of PT SMA, and Sony Setiadi as Director of PT Citra Jelajah Informatika (CIFO).

In addition, he was also sentenced to an additional sentence in the form of revocation of the right to be elected in public office for two years after he finished serving his main sentence.