Dozens Of Former Jambi Regional House of Representatives Members Examined By KPK For Bribery Knocking Palu RAPBD

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examined 11 members of the Jambi Provincial Regional House of Representatives for the 2014-2019 period. This examination relates to the provision of bribes to ratify the Jambi Province RAPBD for the 2017-2018 Fiscal Year.

"Today, there is an agenda for summoning and examining witnesses of alleged bribery corruption related to the ratification of the Jambi Provincial RAPBD (Draft Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget) in 2017", said KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Sector, Ali Fikri, to reporters, Thursday, September 9.

Those examined were Hasani Hamid, Suliyanti, Rahima, Tartiniah Rh, and Syamsul Anwar. Next, they also summoned two former members of the Jambi Regional House of Representatives from the Golkar faction, namely Poprianto and Ismet Kahar.

Furthermore, the anti-corruption commission summoned former Jambi Regional House of Representatives members from the PDI-P faction, namely Mely Hairiya and Luhut Silaban. Finally, members of the Regional House of Representatives from the Gerindra faction, namely Budi Yako and Muhammad Khairil, were also examined by investigators.

"The investigation was carried out at the Jambi Regional Police", said Ali.

In this case, the anti-corruption commission has named 18 suspects. They include the 2016-2021 Governor of Jambi Zumi Zola, Regional Secretary of Jambi Province, Erwan Malik, Head of the PUPR (Ministry of Public Works and Housing) Office of Jambi Province, Arfan, and Regional Assistant 3 of Jambi Province, Saifudin.

Furthermore, the KPK again named four suspects from elements of the Jambi Regional House of Representatives members. They are Fahrurrozi (FR), Arrakhmat Eka Putra (AEP), Wiwid Iswhara (WI), and Zainul Arfan (ZA).

Recently, the KPK has also named a private businessman named Paut Syakarin as a suspect.

He is suspected of being one of the private parties that acts as a supporter of funds and providing additional knock-on money for members of Commission III of the Jambi Regional House of Representatives with an amount of IDR 150 million each related to the 2017 Jambi Provincial RAPBD.

The amount of funds that Paut has prepared is IDR 23 billion. The details, amounting to IDR 325 million in November 2016 for 13 members of Commission III, each of whom received IDR 25 million. Then, money amounting to IDR 1.950 billion around the end of January 2017 to 13 other members of Commission III.

KPK Director of Investigation, Setyo Budiyanto, explained that Paut was named a suspect for bribing Regional House of Representatives members to get a project at the Jambi Provincial Public Works Office in 2017.

"The money given by the suspect PS was allegedly so that his company could obtain several projects at the Jambi Provincial Public Works Department in 2017," said Setyo Budiyanto in a virtual press conference, Sunday, August 8.