The House Of The Former Head Of The North Sumatra PUPR Office, Bobby Nasution's Subordinates, Was Ransacked By The KPK Today

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searched the house of Typhoon Obaja Putra alias Topan Ginting, which is the former Head of PUPR for North Sumatra Province today, July 2. This forced effort is related to the bribery of road construction projects at the PUPR Service and PJN Satker Region 1 North Sumatra.

"It's true (TOP's house was searched, ed)," said KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto to reporters when confirmed, Wednesday, July 2.

The search at Topan's house was also agreed by the spokesman for the KPK, Budi Prasetyo. "It's true, the team is currently still conducting a series of searches at several points in the North Sumatra region," he said.

Budi said the forced attempt was to find evidence of the alleged bribery that began with a hand arrest operation (OTT) some time ago.

"The search after the arrest activity related to allegations of corruption in the procurement of road construction projects at PUPR and PJN 1 North Sumatra is to find and collect evidence related to the crime," he explained.

As previously reported, the KPK held a hand arrest operation (OTT) in the North Sumatra region on Thursday, June 26. It is suspected that money was given in the road construction project in the province.

From this activity, five people were finally named as suspects. They are the Head of the Public Works and Spatial Planning Service (PUPR) Topan Obaja Putra Ginting or Topan Ginting; Effendi Siregar Rasul as the Head of the UPTD Gunung Tua North Sumatra Province PUPR Service concurrently the Commitment Making Officer (PPK); Heliyanto as PPK PJN Satker Region I North Sumatra Province; M. Akhirun Efendi Siregar as the President Director of PT DNG; and M. Rayhan Dulasmi PIlang as the Director of PT RN.

The Typhoon was inaugurated as Head of PUPR on February 24 by the Governor of North Sumatra Bobby Nasution. He previously served as Head of the Public Works Service or the Department of Water Resources, Highways and Construction Development of Medan City and had sat as Acting (Plt) Medan City Secretary when the son-in-law of the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia sat as Mayor of Medan.

Setelah ditetapkan jadi tersangka, Topan bersama empat orang lainnya akan ditahan di Rutan KPK. Upaya paksa ini dilaksanakan selama 20 hari pertama dan akan diperpanjang sesuai kebutuhan penyidik.