Banjarnegara Regent Budhi Sarwono Immediately Tried At The Semarang Corruption Court

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Sector Ali Fikri (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The inactive Banjarnegara Regent Budhi Sarwono and his confidant, Kedy Afandi, will soon be tried at the Semarang Corruption Court. Both are suspected of accepting bribes related to infrastructure projects in the Banjarnegara Regency Government.

"The prosecutor's team has transferred the case files of the defendant Budhi Sarwono and his friends to the Corruption Court at the Semarang District Court," Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Affairs Ali Fikri told reporters, Tuesday, January 18.

Ali said the transfer of the files was done today or Tuesday, January 18th. Furthermore, the detention of Budhi and Kedy will be under the authority of the Corruption Court.

However, both of them are currently being held at the KPK Rutan temporarily. "Budhi Sarwono is being held at the KPK Rutan in Lot C1 and Kedy Afandi is being held at the KPK Rutan at Pomdam Jaya Guntur," he said.

Furthermore, Ali said that the prosecutor's team was still waiting for the appointment of the panel of judges and the date of the trial with the agenda of reading the indictment.

Both were charged under Article 12 letter (i) of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code and Article 12B of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 65 paragraph (1 ) KUHP. As previously reported, the Regent of Banjarnegara Budhi was named a suspect along with Kedy Afandi, who was the former head of his success team during the election. He is suspected of receiving a commitment fee of around Rp. 2.1 billion from contractors who want to get projects in his area.

Not only asking for a fee commitment, Budhi was also named a suspect because he played an active role in the implementation of the tender for infrastructure work. The KPK suspects that he was directly involved in distributing the work packages at the PUPR Service, including family companies, and arranging the auction winners.

While Kedy is always monitored and directed by Budhi, especially when making arrangements for the division of work. This is so that companies affiliated with him and incorporated in the Bumi Redjo group can splash out on procurement projects.