New South Sumatra OKU DPRD Member Jabat 5 Months Already Corruption, KPK Reminds This

KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto during the release of the corruption case (DOK Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - A number of DPRD members of Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) district, South Sumatra were caught in a corruption case of alleged project bribery at the OKU Regency Public Housing and Spatial Planning Service (PUPR).

Meanwhile, members of the OKU Regency legislature for the 2024-2029 period have only served for about 5 months since being sworn in in in October 2024. This is in the special spotlight of KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto.

"To all members of the legislature whose term of office is still new, who were just appointed some time ago, this is something that should be a concern for all executive and legislative officials not to practice abuse of power and authority for personal interests," said Setyo at the KPK's Red and White Building, South Jakarta, Sunday, March 16.

From the arrest of three members of the OKU DPRD, the Head of the OKU PUPR Service, and the private sector conducted by the KPK on Saturday, March 15, Setyo hopes that this will serve as a warning to all regional heads and members of the legislature to maintain their integrity.

"Tidak memanfaatkan kepentingan dengan melakukan perubahan-perubahan APBD dengan memasukkan pokir yang akhirnya menurunkan kredikasi daripada pemerintah daerah itu sendiri," ungkap Setyo.

Previously, the KPK conducted a hand arrest operation (OTT) on eight people in OKU Regency on Saturday, March 15. The KPK also secured Rp2.6 billion in cash from the OTT.

The six suspects are Ferlan Juliansyah as a member of Commission III, M. Fahrudin as Chairman of Commission III, Umi Hartati as Chairman of Commission II of the OKU DPRD, Nopriannsyah Head of the OKU Regency PUPR Service, M. Fauzi alias Pablo as a private party, and Ahmad Sugeng Santoso as a private party.

This malicious conspiracy began when the preparation of the OKU Regency APBD draft in 2025. Where representatives of the OKU Regency DPRD members asked for rations from physical projects at the PUPR Service from a number of projects with a value of Rp35 billion.

"The fee is still agreed upon at 20 percent, the allocation for DPRD members, so the total fee is IDR 7 billion," explained Setyo.

With this project allotment agreement, the DPRD also agreed on the budget allocation of the PUPR Service in the 2025 APBD which in the previous discussion was Rp48 billion to Rp96 billion or doubled when the APBD was ratified.

Then, the Head of the OKU PUPR Service, Nopriannsyah, offered 9 projects to Fauzi and Ahmad Sugeng Santoso with a commitment fee of 22 percent, of which 20 percent were for the DPRD and 2 percent for the PUPR Service.

When entering the month of Ramadan, representatives of the DPRD demanded a project fee from the Head of the PUPR Service Nopriansyah to be forwarded to the private sector so that the disbursement was carried out before Eid al-Fitr.

"On March 13, 2025, MFZ handed over Rp2.2 billion to N (Nopriansyah) which is part of the project fee commitment which was then requested by N. The money came from the down payment for project disbursement. In addition, in early March 2025, ASS handed over Rp1.5 billion in cash to N," explained Setyo.