JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, Rano Alfath, confirmed that he would not interfere in the matter that dragged the name of the Regent of Tanggamus, Saleh Asnawi, in the case of alleged fraud and embezzlement of land worth Rp50 billion in Tangerang. Rano's answer was firm regarding the alleged obstruction of the investigation process for the alleged fraud and embezzlement case handled by the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police. "Actually I don't want to give an answer to this. The family believes that no name is dragged in the case," said Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR from the National Awakening Party, Rano Alfath to VOI, Monday, July 5. Rano added that the family had openly answered the slander through the chosen lawyer. He also explained that he had checked on the ground for the case. "And we did not find any involvement of family members in the case of Embezzlement and Fraud as mentioned," explained Rano. Rano added that regarding the name Soni Laberta, the family confirmed that there was no family relationship at all.
"Soni Laberta was indeed a member of the team when the campaign was yesterday but had no relationship with us, the family of Haji Saleh Asnawi," said the PKB politician, Rano Alfath. Previously, the Regent of Tanggamus, Mohammad Saleh Asnawi, was dragged into a report of an alleged case of fraud, embezzlement, and land mafia related to land transactions in the Tangerang Regency area. This case was reported to the Bareskrim Polri by a businessman from Papua named Jhon Gerki Morin through his lawyer in June 2026. A piece of land measuring 2.4 hectares located in Kadu Village, Curug District, Tangerang Regency. The reporting party claims to have suffered a loss of up to Rp50 billion because it has not received full payment from the land transaction. This report drags several big names, including Mohammad Saleh Asnawi (Tanggamus Regent), the Paramount Land developer, a notary, and an intermediary named Soni Laberta.
Through his legal team, John assessed that the legal process of the case that dragged the name of the Regent of Tanggamus, Mohammad Saleh Asnawi, was slow because until now there has been no examination of parties who are considered to have direct involvement in the case.
John's lawyer, Sebastian Salang, said his party would write to President Prabowo because the reported case had not shown significant progress even though it had been running for more than seven months.
"We made a report at the National Police Headquarters since November 2025 and now it is June 2026, this case has not moved at all and Saleh Asnawi has not been summoned, the notary and the Paramount have not been summoned, although this is the most important party to uncover or clarify the situation about this case," said Sebastian in a press conference in Jakarta, Thursday, June 18.
Not only that, the John Morin party also stated that it would send a letter to the Gerindra Party as the party where Mohammad Saleh Asnawi took refuge.
"We don't just convey this to the media, but we will also send a letter to the President, then because he is from the Gerindra Party, we will also send a letter to the Gerindra Party. We hope that the parties will also seriously respond to their cadres who do things like this," he said.
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