Corruption Investigation of Advertising Procurement, KPK Requests Banking Data Through Financial Manager of Bank BJB 

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has requested banking data from PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat dan Banten Tbk or Bank BJB (BJBR).

KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said this request was made through Bank BJB's Internal Financial Manager, Roni Hidayat Ardiansyah on Tuesday, December 16. He underwent an examination at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

"In this examination, investigators asked for banking data from witnesses," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters through his written statement, Wednesday, December 17.

In this case, KPK investigators have examined the former Governor of West Java Ridwan Kamil on December 2. The Golkar Party politician was questioned about the flow of non-budgetary funds.

For your information, non-budgeter funds are the difference between paying for Bank BJB advertising procurement that is returned by the winning company. The KPK's management is carried out by the corporate secretary (corsec) of the regional bank for unplanned purposes.

Not only that, the KPK also investigated Ridwan Kamil's assets that were in the State Fund Manager Wealth Report (LHKPN) that had been and had not been reported to the KPK.

As previously reported, the KPK has named five suspects related to alleged corruption in the procurement of advertisements at PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat dan Banten Tbk or Bank BJB (BJBR).

They are former President Director of Bank BJB Yuddy Renaldi; Head of the Corporate Secretary Division of Bank BJB Widi Hartoto; Operator of the Antedja Muliatama and Cakrawala Kreasi Mandiri Kin Asikin Dulmanan Agency; Operator of the BSC Advertising Agency and PT Wahana Semesta Bandung Ekspres (WSBE) Suhendrik; and Operator of PT Cipta Karya Sukses Bersama (CKSB) and PT Cipta Karya Mandiri Bersama (CKMB) Raden Sophan Jaya Kusuma.

The investigation order (sprindik) for this case was issued on February 27, 2025. The actions of the five suspects are suspected of having made the state lose up to IDR 222 billion.

Currently, no arrests have been made against the five suspects. However, they have been prevented from traveling abroad for six months and can be extended as needed for investigation.

In handling this alleged corruption, investigators have searched a number of places. One of them, the private house of former Governor Ridwan Kamil and seized one unit of Royal Enfield motorcycle and one unit of Mercedes Benz 280 SL from a workshop in the Bandung City area.