Prosecutor's Office Reveals That EO Is Provided With Special Spaces At The DKI Cultural Service Office To Launch Fictitious Activities

JAKARTA - Head of the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office, Patris Yusrian Jaya, revealed the development of an investigation into the corruption case of the fictitious activities of the DKI Jakarta Culture Service.

This corruption involves the private sector as a fictitious event organizer (EO) and is not officially registered with the name GR-Pro.

In order to launch the action, the Head of the Culture Service Iwan Henry Wardhana (IHW) provided a special workspace for GR-Pro. They have been operating for two years.

"This EO is made a room at the Cultural Service, and has several staff who also have offices there," said Patris at the DKI Jakarta Attorney General's Office, Thursday, January 2.

In the initial examination, the Attorney General's Office predicted the value of the activities of the DKI Culture Office which were corrupted was IDR 150 billion. Patris said there is a possibility that this value could be greater in line with the development of the investigation.

"In its development, of course, we will develop other activities. Including activities in 2024, not including the Rp150 billion that we are processing. So it is still being developed," said Patris.

In this case, three people have been named as suspects, namely the Head of the DKI Culture Service (Disbud) Iwan Henry Wardhana (IHW), the Head of the Utilization Division of the DKI Disbud Mohamad Fairza Maulana (MFM), and the private sector as the owner of the EO named Gatot Arif Rahmadi (GAR).

Currently, Gatot as the owner of the fictitious EO has been detained at the Cipinang Rutan for 20 days, after undergoing examination as a suspect. Then, the DKI Attorney General's Office scheduled a summons to Iwan and Fairza as the suspect's examination next week.

Activities in collaboration with GR-Pro are launched with two variations, namely fully fictitious activities, then partial activities are carried out and some are fictitious.

In carrying out activities sourced from regional apparatus APBDs such as Disbud, it must make an accountability for the use of the budget.

To cover the gap, Iwan and Fairza made an accountability letter or SPJ using fake stamps and borrowed several companies in exchange for 2.5 percent. The company did not carry out activities like those made at the SPJ of the Culture Service.

"One of the activities is an art performance with a budget of Rp. 15 billion. The manipulation modes include bringing in several parties and then being given uniforms as dancers," explained Patris.

"Furthermore, photos on stage and given the title as if this photo after carrying out certain dance activities, But the dance never existed. And this was later made accountable. It was also equipped with fake stamps from the manager," he added.