Makassar's Deputy Prosecutor Arrested

Screenshot - The perpetrator of AM was escorted by investigators after being arrested in the Operation Catch the Hand (OTT) / ANTARA / Darwin Fatir.

MAKASSAR - Investigators from the South Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office arrested two fake prosecutors in the Operation Catch the Hand (OTT) for allegedly handling cases and attempting to obstruct the investigation into a corruption case.

"The perpetrator initials AM alias Pung and a PPPK Paruh at the South Sulawesi Infrastructure and Area Building Arrangement Office initials R," said Head of the South Sulawesi High Prosecutor's Office Didik Farkhan Alisyahdi as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, January 10.

The OTT was a follow-up to a public report regarding someone who claimed to be a prosecutor at the Sulsel Prosecutor's Office who claimed to be able to handle the settlement of the case.

The action began in May 2025 after a press conference at the South Sulawesi Prosecutor's Office to determine the suspects in the alleged corruption case of the fictitious official travel period 2022-202 at the Sulawesi III Housing Provision Hall with the initials IS.

The perpetrator AM, assisted by R, came to the victim IS's house on Jalan Andi Djemma, Makassar. The perpetrator R convinced IS, AM is a prosecutor who serves in the Sulsel Prosecutor's Office who is able to stop handling corruption cases handled by the Pidsus team of the Sulsel Prosecutor's Office.

Claiming to be a prosecutor, the perpetrator asked for a reward of Rp. 45 million to be paid in stages through bank transfers and cash. The perpetrators also asked IS to immediately obscure IS's wealth.

"The way is to transfer a certain amount of money to the IS account to the AM account and withdraw cash as an effort to hinder the investigation process," said Kajati Didik.

Apart from the case at the Sulawesi III Housing Office, the AM perpetrator also tried to contact the Sulsel Regional Prosecutor's Office through the WhatsApp (WA) application in the case of alleged pineapple corruption, which is currently in the investigation process of the Sulsel Regional Prosecutor's Office Pidsus Team.

Not stopping there, the perpetrator AM also offered services to victim IB (child of IS) to approve the person concerned to become a Candidate for Civil Servant (CPNS) of the Indonesian Attorney General's Office.

To convince his victims, the alleged perpetrator committed a series of lies and extortion by asking for money gradually from June and October 2025 for a total of Rp. 170 million as a case management fee.

The perpetrator asked for Rp. 5 million for the cost of making the prosecutor's uniform. Furthermore, he again asked for Rp. 5 million for the cost of plane tickets and hotel accommodation in Jakarta to convince the victim as if the handling was underway.

The perpetrators of AM and R were charged with Article 21 of the Corruption Eradication Law.