Leaving The KPK Building In Prisoners' Vest, Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi Is Silent

Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi, a suspect in a corruption case when he was taken out of the KPK building, Thursday, January 6 night (PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi or familiarly called Pepen who was caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT) was silent when he left the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

According to VOI monitoring, Rahmat Effendi left around 21.30 WIB. Pepen was seen wearing an orange vest and handcuffs.

The clothes he used when he arrived at the KPK, namely long green sleeves, had not changed. When he left, Pepen didn't say a word.

Rahmat Effendi only tried to penetrate the crowd of reporters while looking down.

As previously reported, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named Pepen along with eight other people as suspects in the alleged bribery in the procurement of goods and services as well as the auction of positions in the Bekasi City Government.

Pepen with M. Bunyamin who is the Secretary of the Bekasi City Investment Office and PTSP; Head of Kati Sari Village, Mulyadi alias Bayong; Jatisampurna Sub-district Head, Wahyudin; and the Head of the Bekasi City Housing, Settlement and Land Office, Jumhana Lutfi, were named as recipients of bribes.

Meanwhile the Director of PT MAM Energindo, Ali Amril; private company named Lai Bui Min; Director of PT Kota Bintang Rayatri, Suryadi; and the sub-district head of Rawa Lumbu, Makhfud Saifudin, was named the bribe giver.