Head Of North Sumatra Licensing Department Arrested By Langkat Prosecutor For Corruption, North Sumatra Governor Edy: He Has Legal Rights

MEDAN - The Langkat District Attorney's Office has detained the Head of the North Sumatra Province Investment and One-Stop Integrated Service, HMA Effendy Pohan. Effendy was arrested after being accused of corruption in a road maintenance case.

The arrest was made because Effendy Pohan was absent during the examination twice. The arrest of Effendy Pohan received a response from the Governor of North Sumatra (Gubsu) Edy Rahmayadi.

"The law, it's a legal way, he has the right to, all humans in a state of law, especially Indonesia, he has legal rights, now he will defend himself", said Governor Edy, Monday, August 23.

Governor Edy asked all parties not to politicize the case that ensnared Effendy Pohan. He supports Effendy to defend himself from the law.

"You can't torture people, it will be wrong. Everyone can experience things like that, we support him, we pray for him, he is exercising his legal rights", said Governor Edy.

Regarding the detention of Effendy Pohan, Gubsu Edy ensured that services at the North Sumatra Province Investment and One-Stop Service Office would not be disrupted.

"There is a Daily Executor (Plh), while he will focus on dealing with his legal demands. There is a secretary who becomes a Plh", he said.

For information, on August 21, the Langkat Special Criminal Investigation Team together with the Intelligence Team arrested HMA suspect Effendy Pohan.

Head of the Langkat District Attorney's Office, Muttaqin Harahap, said that Effendy Pohan was arrested at Kualanamu Airport, Deli Serdang.

"Previously, the suspect, Effendy Pohan, failed to fulfill the summons for the examination of the suspect Number: R-181/L.2.25.4/Fd.1/08/2021 and Number: No: R-189/L.2.25.4/Fd. 1/08/202, where the suspect An HMA Effendy Pohan is the Head of the Department of Highways and Construction of North Sumatra Province in 2020", he said in a written statement.

The arrest and detention of the suspect, Effendy Pohan, is related to the alleged corruption case of misuse of the 2020 North Sumatra Provincial Budget at the Binjai Road-Bridge UPT with a budget value of IDR 2.499.769.520.

"That the suspect Effendy Pohan was detained at the Tanjung Pura Detention Center, Langkat Regency", said Muttaqin.