Acting Mayor And Pekanbaru Regional Secretary Officially Become KPK Suspects After Being Caught OTT

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officially named Acting Mayor of Pekanbaru Risnandar Mahawa as a suspect along with two other people after being caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT) on Monday, December 2.

Risnandar immediately served detention at the KPK Detention Center.

"The KPK then carried out a series of examinations and found sufficient preliminary evidence to raise this case to the investigation stage by naming three people as suspects," said KPK Deputy Chair Nurul Ghufron at a press conference at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, December 4 in the morning.

Risnandar was named a suspect along with two other people, namely the Regional Secretary of Pekan Baru City Indra Pomi Nasution and Plt. Head of the General Section of the Pekanbaru City Secretariat Novin Karmila.

"To detain the suspects for the first 20 days from December 3, 2024 to December 22, 2024 at the KPK branch detention center," said Ghufron.

Ghufron explained that nine people were caught in the silent operation. "Eight people in the Pekanbaru area and one person in the Jakarta area," he said.

He said the money found reached Rp. 6,820,000,000. The OTT was held regarding the cut in the Money Change (GU) budget in the General Section of the Pekanbaru City Regional Secretariat since July 2024.

The money is then suspected to be used for Risnanda and Indra. In addition, it is suspected that there was an additional Regional Secretariat budget, including the budget for eating and drinking from the 2024 APBD.

"From this addition, it is suspected that the Acting Mayor received a quota of Rp. 2.5 billion," said Ghufron.

As a result of his actions, these three suspects were then suspected of violating Article 12 f and Article 12 B in Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to 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.