KPK Detains 15 Regional House of Representatives Members Suspected Of Bribery For Procurement And Regional Budgets In 4 Different Detention Centers

Press conference for the detention of 15 members of the DPRD suspected of corruption

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained 15 members of the Muara Enim Regency DPRD (Regional House of Representatives) for the 2014-2019 and 2019-2024 periods. Dozens of these people were detained after being suspected of accepting bribes related to the procurement of goods and services as well as the ratification of the 2019 APBD (Regional Budgets).

The determination of the suspect was carried out after finding sufficient evidence and various legal facts during the trial process with the defendant Ahmad Yani, et al.

"KPK conducted an investigation and raised the status of this case to the investigative stage in November 2021 by announcing the suspect", said KPK Deputy Chair, Alexander Marwata, in a press conference broadcast on the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Monday, December 13.

Those named as suspects are Agus Firmansyah, Ahmad Fauzi, Mardalena Samudera Kelana, and Verra Erika who are members of the Muara Enim Regency Regional House of Representatives for the 2019-2024 period.

Furthermore, the KPK also named members of the Muara Enim Regency Regional House of Representatives for the 2014-2019 period as suspects, namely Daraini, Eksa Hariawan, Elison, Faisal Anwar, Hendly, Irul, Misran, Tjik Melan, Umam Pajri, Willian Husin.

After being named as suspects, they are then detained in four different KPK detention centers for the next 20 days until January 1. Agus Firmansyah, Ahmad Fauzi, and Daraini will be detained at the KPK Detention Center, the Red and White Building.

Meanwhile, Elison, Faizal Anwar, Samudera Kelana will be detained at the KPK Detention Center Lot C1. Next, Eksa Hariawan, Hendly, Irul, Misran, Tjik Melan, Umam Pajri, and Willian Husin were detained at the KPK Detention Center Pomdam Jaya Guntur.

Finally, Mardalena and Verra Erika will serve a period of detention at the South Jakarta Police Detention Center.

In this case, the suspects are suspected of receiving aspiration money or hammer-beating money. This gift was made by Robi Okta Fahlevi who is a contractor who often works on projects at the PUPR (Ministry of Public Works and Housing) Office of Muara Enim Regency.

The money given by Robi Okta to Regional House of Representatives members is thought to have reached IDR 5.6 billion. The receipts were carried out in stages by the suspects and are suspected to be used to finance the implementation of legislative elections in the coming period.

In addition, Robi also gave money to former Muara Enim Regent Ahmad Yani of IDR 1.8 billion and former Deputy Regent of Muara Enim IDR 2.8 billion.

The grant is made so that he gets a project where an agreement has been made to give a 10 percent fee. The contract value he got from the project reached Rp129 billion.

For their actions, the suspects were then suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.