JAKARTA - Rejang Lebong Regent Muhammad Fikri Thobari is now a resident of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Detention House (Rutan). He was named a suspect along with four others after being caught in a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on Monday, March 9.
"Yes (the detention of the Regent of Rejang Lebong has been carried out, ed)," said Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK Asep Guntur Rahayu to reporters at the South Jakarta District Court (PN), Wednesday, March 11.
Asep said the detention was carried out after an intensive examination of nine people at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta. Fikri was thrown into the KPK detention center since early Wednesday, March 11.
"So yesterday the person in question was caught and then brought here and of course last night it was processed," he said.
"Well, 1x24 hours we have to determine what the status is like and it is determined before 1x24 hours last night that the person concerned is a suspect," continued Asep, who also served as the Director of Investigation of the KPK.
Meanwhile, KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said Fikri along with four other people were suspects in the ijon project bribery case. The suspicion is that there was a receipt of money from the private sector.
"Currently, what is being investigated is related to the alleged receipt of a certain amount of money by the regent and from several private parties as project implementers, yes, in the construction of the suap ijon project in the Rejang Lebong Regency," said KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to reporters at the KPK Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday night, March 10.
Even so, Budi did not elaborate further on the construction of the case that ensnared Fikri. He only said that the determination of the suspect was carried out through an expose forum or a title of the case at the sub-level and joint execution with the leadership.
"Where the five people who were named as suspects are three as the giver and two as the recipient," said Budi.
"The details are related to which projects, we will convey in full later at the press conference," he continued.
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