KPK Reveals Efforts To Destroy Evidence During OTT Acting Mayor Of Pekanbaru

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said there was an attempt to destroy evidence of transfers allegedly carried out by one of the suspects, Novin Karmila as Plt. Head of the General Section of Pekanbaru City Government.

This was conveyed by the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, when revealing the chronology of the hand arrest operation (OTT) in Pekanbaru, Riau on Monday, December 2.

The KPK named Novin as a suspect along with two other people, namely Acting Mayor of Pekanbaru Risnandar Mahiva and Regional Secretary of Pekanbaru City Indra Pomi Nasution.

"That on Monday, December 2, 2024, at around 16.00 WIB, the KPK received information that NK as the Acting Head of the General Section of the Pekanbaru City Government would destroy the proof of transfer of Rp. 300 million to his son, NRP (Nadya Rovin Puteri)," said Ghufron at a press conference at the Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday morning, December 4.

Ghufron explained that the transfer received by Nadya was carried out by Rafli Subma, who is a general staff. "(The transaction was carried out, ed) on the orders of the NK," he said.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) admits that it does not know that Nadya's work has also received transfers in this case. Investigators will conduct further investigations.

Ghufron said the total money found in the silent operation reached Rp. 6,820,000,000. It is suspected that there has been a cut in the Money Change (GU) budget in the General Section of the Pekanbaru City Regional Secretariat since July 2024.

The money will then be used for Risnanda and Indra. In addition, there are allegations that there will be additional Regional Secretariat budgets, including for food and drink budgets 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.