KPK Suspects There Are Other Women Around RK Who Participate in Enjoying the Corruption Money of Bank BJB Ads

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will continue to investigate the flow of money allegedly corrupt in the procurement of advertisements for PT Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Barat dan Banten Tbk or Bank BJB (BJBR). It is suspected that there are a number of women around the former Governor of West Java Ridwan Kamil who also enjoy it.

This was conveyed by KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo when asked about whether there was a flow of money to a number of parties other than the celebrity Lisa Mariana, such as the artist Aura Kasih.

Currently, Aura Kasih is in the public spotlight because she is allegedly close to Ridwan Kamil. He even closed the comments section on his personal Instagram account, @aurakasih but has not confirmed it.

"Maybe there is (a gift other than to Lisa Mariana or Aura Kasih, ed). This is still being investigated where it is going," Budi told reporters at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, December 23.

"Whether there are other parties, whether for the purchase of assets. Well, that's all that is also investigated," he continued.

Even so, the KPK does not want to speculate much about where the money flows. He only said, anyone who is suspected of enjoying the money collected as non-budgeter funds will have the opportunity to be called.

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.

"While we follow the development of the investigation. Because we will certainly convey periodically, transparently related to the progress of law enforcement of corruption actions, especially in this BJB advertising procurement case," he said.

Ridwan Kamil was dragged into the whirlpool of alleged corruption at Bank BJB and had been questioned on Tuesday, December 2. He was then investigated regarding non-budgetary funds used to purchase a number of assets.

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.