East Kolaka Regent Inactive Immediately Tried Regarding Allegations Of Corruption In The Procurement Of Goods And Services

Illustration-(KPK Building/Irfan Meidianto)

JAKARTA - The inactive East Kolaka Regent Andi Merya Nur will soon undergo a trial at the Corruption Court at the Kendari District Court.

Andi will be tried in relation to allegations of corruption in the procurement of goods and services in the East Kolaka Regency Government in 2021.

This assurance was conveyed by the Acting Spokesperson for the KPK for Enforcement, Ali Fikri. He said the prosecutor's team had handed over the file on the alleged bribery today or Tuesday, January 11.

"The prosecutor's team has transferred the case files of the defendant Andi Merya Nur to the Corruption Court at the Kendari District Court," Ali told reporters.

Ali said that Andi's detention was now under the authority of the corruption court. However, he will be temporarily placed in the KPK Detention Center at the Red and White House.

"Next, we are waiting for the appointment of the panel of judges and the date of the trial with the agenda of reading the indictment," he said.

In this case, Andi was charged with Article 12 letter a in conjunction with Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code or Article 11 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

As previously reported, the KPK has named the East Kolaka Regent Andi Merya Nur and the Head of the Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD) of East Kolaka Regency, Anzarullah, as suspects in the case. Currently, Anzarullah has the status of a defendant.

The case began in September 2021 when Andi and the Head of the East Kolaka BPBD Anzarullah submitted a logistics and equipment grant to the Central BNPB in Jakarta. From this request, East Kolaka received a relocation and reconstruction grant of Rp. 26.9 billion.

Not only that, East Kolaka Regency also received a ready-to-use grant of Rp. 12.1 billion. Furthermore, Anzarullah asked Andi Merya so that the project whose funds came from the BNPB grant was carried out by trusted people and other parties who assisted in the disbursement process.

There were two projects that Anzarullah had asked him to do. The project is a package of spending on consulting services for planning a bridge work for 2 units in Ueesi Sub-district worth Rp. 714 million and planning for consulting services for the construction of 100 housing units in Uluiwoi Sub-district worth Rp. 175 million.

On this request, Andi Merya agreed and Anzarullah would provide a fee of 30 percent. In addition, he also ordered that the requested project consulting services be won by Anzarullah.

It was from this evil conspiracy that Andi was suspected of receiving Rp250 million in cash with a down payment of Rp25 million.