KPK Investigators Will Visit The Hospital Where Mbak Ita Is Being Treated

JAKARTA - Investigators from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will visit the K.R. T Wongsonegoro Regional Hospital in Semarang City. This step is to check whether the Mayor of Semarang Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu is sick so that she cannot fulfill the summons as a suspect today.

Mbak and her husband, who is also the Chairman of Commission D of the Central Java Provincial DPRD, Arwin Basri, should have been summoned regarding allegations of corruption at the Semarang City Government.

However, both of them were not seen at the KPK office because Mbak Ita suddenly entered the hospital.

"We need to check, investigators will check whether this issue is true or not. We don't want this issue to be true," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika to reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, February 11.

Tessa has not specified the exact time of arrival of investigators. However, a team of doctors will also be brought to confirm the condition of the suspect in the corruption case.

The KPK does not want any party to try to deceive the investigator. Or there are parties who deliberately condition so that the person concerned can not attend, "he said.

"Maybe colleagues know that there is a case like that handled by the KPK. Of course we will make sure in real terms, correctly and according to the rules that whether the person concerned is sick or not," continued the spokesman with the investigator's background.

From this direct check, investigators will determine the follow-up. Moreover, Mbak Ita and her husband have repeatedly failed to fulfill the KPK's summons.

"If it hurts to what extent the person concerned must be hospitalized, and if not, of course there will be steps that will be taken by the investigator both to the person concerned and to AB's brother," explained Tessa.

The investigators have summoned Mbak Ita and her husband, Alwin Basri three times but they were not present. Finally, investigators asked both of them to attend on Wednesday, January 22.

Previously reported, the KPK had detained two suspects in a corruption case within the Semarang City Government (Pemkot), Central Java on Friday, January 17. They are Martono who is the Chairman of the Association of Indonesian National Construction Implementers (Gapensi) of Semarang City and Rachmat Djangkar.

Martono was detained for allegedly participating in receiving gratuities together with the Mayor of Semarang Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu alias Mbak Ita and her husband, Alwin Basri who also serves as Chairman of Commission D of the Central Java Provincial DPRD.

Meanwhile, Rachmat was detained for allegedly giving bribes related to the procurement of tables and elementary school chairs at the Semarang City Education Office.

Currently, there are three allegations of corruption that allegedly occurred and are being investigated. The details are the procurement of goods and services at the Semarang City Government in 2023-2024, the alleged extortion of civil servants related to incentives for collecting taxes and levies in the Semarang City area as well as the alleged receipt of gratuities in 2023-2024.