7 Bekasi Regency Government Officials Become Additional Witnesses At Soleman Corruption Court

As many as seven officials within the Bekasi Regency Government, West Java were additional witnesses at the follow-up trial of the corruption case for receiving gratuities that ensnared the Deputy Chairperson of the Bekasi Regency DPRD, Soleman.

"There were seven witnesses who were present yesterday at the trial, of the nine people we invited," said Head of Sub-Section Prosecution at the Bekasi District Attorney's Office, Indra Oka, quoting Antara.

He said the seven witnesses ranged from the head of the service, the head of the water resource management sector, the head of the marga development sector to the procurement officials related to the Soleman defendant's aspiration project.

"The next trial is on February 6, 2025, with the agenda of still examining additional witnesses," he said.

Oka admitted that so far 11 witnesses have been questioned by the panel of judges at the Bandung Corruption Court out of a total of 30 people who will be invited to this case.

"30 witnesses who have been questioned and put in the BAP (examination report) both during the investigation and investigation of this case will be invited to all in the trial in stages," he said.

Previously, four witnesses had been presented, namely the ex-wife of the defendant Soleman named Hanny Maryani, the election supervisor Ardi Abdul, Resvi's ex-husband named Faisal and the Chairman of the NGO Independent Anti-Rafal Juanda Institute.

In the facts of the agenda trial, the witnesses confirmed to each other that there had been a transaction to purchase a Mitsubishi Pajero Sport type luxury vehicle by the suspect Resvi at a car sales unit in the Mangga Dua area, Special Region of Jakarta.

The vehicle was then given to the defendant Soleman to be exchanged for a number of council aspiration projects sourced from the Bekasi Regency Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD).

Soleman in his capacity as a state administrator provided these APBD projects with a nominal contract for various activities to the defendant Resvi as a partner implementing infrastructure activities in the region.

"That's right, everyone testified like that. The object of gratification was two vehicles, Pajero Sport and BMW Sedan. When buying Pajero to Mangga Dua, Resvi invited Faisal, right, he was still a couple at that time. Then when he was given to Soleman, his son was also known. So yes, all the information strengthens each other," said witness Nofal Juanda.

Nofal also said that Soleman's son would be presented at the follow-up agenda of the witness trial for questioning regarding the receipt of the Mitsubishi Pajero vehicle.

"The prosecutor will also present the defendant's son for questioning in order to strengthen information on this case so that it becomes clearer. But apart from that, the facts of this trial have been very strong and prove that the defendant did receive a luxury car gift from gratification because all the witnesses presented have confessed," he said.

It is known that Soleman was named a suspect in a corruption case in the form of gratification or bribery on Tuesday (29/10/2024) or the day after being inaugurated for the second time as Deputy Chair of the Bekasi Regency DPRD as a result of the simultaneous legislative elections in 2024.

Head of the Bekasi District Attorney's Office, Dwi Astuti Beniyati, said that SL was suspected of committing a criminal act of corruption in receiving gratuities or bribes from the person carrying out physical activities with the initials RS who had already been named a suspect.

"The determination of the suspect in this case is the development of the results of the investigation into the alleged bribery or gratuity committed by the suspect RS to the SL suspect," he said.

Head of the Special Crimes Section of the Bekasi District Attorney's Office Ronald Thomas Mendrofa said Soleman was suspected of violating the alternative article 12 letters a or the second article 12 letters e or the third 12 letters b or the fourth article 5 paragraph 2 junto article 5 paragraph 1 letter a.

Then or fifth article 5 paragraph 2 junto article 5 paragraph 1 letter b or sixth article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the eradication of criminal acts of corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001.

The threat of imprisonment is at least one year and a maximum of 20 years.

"The form of the alleged article is an alternative, meaning that one of these articles will be proven later in court, which one is most in accordance with the elements of his actions," said Ronald.