The Day Before His Death, Bandung Walkot Oded M Danial Received An Award From The Corruption Eradication Commission And Received A Directive From Jokowi

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JAKARTA - Bandung Mayor Oded M. Danial died of a heart attack when he was about to become a preacher for Friday prayers at the Grand Mujahideen Mosque, Jalan Sancang. The day before, Oded M. Danial still came to the KPK building to get an award. The Main Director of the Muhammadiyah Hospital, Kautsar Boesoiri, explained that Oded died at around 11.55 WIB. He had received treatment but was no longer helped. In fact, when he entered the Emergency Unit (ER), Oded's condition was already dead.

Previously, the City of Bandung received an appreciation from the Corruption Eradication Commission for the achievements of the thematic asset program (appreciation for certification progress), which was ranked 6th with 464 certificates.

This appreciation was given by the KPK in conjunction with the commemoration of World Corruption Day (Harkordia) with the theme "One Solid Builds Anti-Corruption Culture" at the KPK Fighting Building Thursday, December 9, 2021.

The event was opened by the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo, and closed by the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia, KH Ma'ruf Amin. The Mayor of Bandung, Oded M. Danial was also present at the event. Oded admitted that during this activity he received many directions related to eradicating corruption from the President, Vice President, and the Chairman of the KPK, Firli Bahuri.

"In it we get directions on how to respond to the dangers of corruption in Indonesia," said Oded when met after the event.

He was also grateful that the Bandung City Government was given an appreciation by the KPK for the achievement of the asset thematic program (appreciation for certification progress), which was ranked 6th with 464 certificates.

Including the West Java Provincial Government which has succeeded in implementing governance improvements and achieving the best MCP value 2020 and appreciation for good MCP achievements until November 30, 2021, is ranked first with an MCP index of 91.25.

"Alhamdulillah, today the Governor of West Java (Ridwan Kamil) was among those who received the award, earlier he represented West Java. The city of Bandung also received an award (appreciation for the progress of certification)," said Oded.

On this Hakordia commemoration, Oded admitted that he would continue to strive to provide understanding regarding the eradication of corruption, especially to Bandung City Civil Servants as staff in the Government.

"And also to entrepreneurs, BUMD, SOEs in the city of Bandung, as well as our work partners must be strengthened," he said. "We also continue to educate stakeholders so that corruption can be minimized," he said.

"We hope that in the future, corruption in the city of Bandung can be controlled and minimized. Hopefully, the various awards can be a whip for us, motivation for us," he said.