KPK Seizes US$ 50 Thousand in Connection with Alleged Bribery in Depok District Court

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has seized money in the form of United States dollars (USD) and a number of evidence related to alleged bribes and gratification for land executions at the Depok District Court (PN).

This forced effort was carried out after investigators searched a number of locations on Tuesday, February 10.

"Investigators conducted a search at the office and residence of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Depok PN," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters in a written statement.

When searching a number of locations, continued Budi, investigators found evidence related to the case being handled.

"Investigators, among others, secured and seized several documents related to this case as well as cash worth 50 thousand US dollars," he said.

Budi said that this finding would be analyzed. "To strengthen the evidence obtained in the last week's hand-to-hand capture," he said.

As previously reported, the KPK announced five suspects of receiving bribes and gratuities related to land dispute management at the Depok District Court (PN) after carrying out a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on Thursday evening, February 6. They are the Chairman of the Depok District Court (PN) I Wayan Eka Mariarta; Deputy Chairman of the Depok District Court (PN) Bambang Setyawan; Jurusita PN Depok Yohansyah Maruanaya; President Director of PT Karabha Digdaya, Trisnandi Yulrisman; and Head of Corporate Legal PT Karabha Digdaya, Berliana Tri Kusuma.

This case is said to have started in 2023, when the Depok PN granted a lawsuit by PT Karabha Digdaya, which is a business entity in the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) related to a land dispute of 6,500 meters in Tapos District, Depok, West Java.

PT Karaba Digdaya then allegedly gave Rp850 million which came from the disbursement of a check with a fictitious invoice payment underlying PT SKBB Consulting Solusindo (consultant to PT KD) to.

The donation was allegedly handed over to I Wayan Eka and Bambang Setiawan through Yohansyah as a jurusita.

As a result of their actions, the suspects are suspected of violating Article 605 letter a and/or Article 606 paragraph (1) of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code in conjunction with Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes.

In addition, Bambang is also suspected of violating Article 12 B of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes. Because, he is suspected of receiving a gratification of IDR 2.5 billion which originated from a deposit on a foreign exchange exchange on behalf of PT Daha Mulia Valasindo (DMV).