KPK Explores Criminal Elements Of Giving Penny Money To The Chair Of The Bekasi City DPRD Rp. 200 Million Which Was Returned

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

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will investigate the Rp200 million returned by Chairoman J. Putro, Chairoman of the Bekasi City DPRD.

This step was taken to see the criminal element in giving money which was allegedly related to the alleged bribery committed by the inactive Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi or Pepen.

"The KPK investigation team will analyze the refund in question whether it has something to do with the case being investigated or if there is something else," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, to reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, February 9th.

If the receipt is reported according to the provisions of Article 12 Letter C, said Ali, Chairoman can be free from the criminal bondage of receiving gratuities.

"But if the return has something to do with a case that is being investigated, it certainly doesn't erase the crime," he said.

"We will analyze it later and we will convey the progress after the main investigation process," Ali added.

Some time ago, Chairoman admitted that he was given Rp200 million. The money was given by Pepen through a trusted person named Lutfi.

"So it was not exactly receiving (Rp 200 million) but handed it over," Chairoman told reporters at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, January 25. However, he later found out that the money was worth hundreds of millions after handing it over to the KPK.

Not only that, Chairoman also did not know the reason why Pepen gave the money to him. "Initially I didn't know how much it was. So the KPK officers calculated it directly and they calculated it at Rp. 200 million," he said.

"I also don't know (the allocation of the money, ed). Because the receipt was also handed over casually and (when it was handed over, ed) did not provide any explanation," added Chairoman.

Previously reported, Rahmat Effendi or Pepen along with eight other people were named by the KPK as suspects for alleged bribery in the procurement of goods and services as well as the auction of positions in the Bekasi City Government.

Pepen with the Secretary of the Investment Office and PTSP, M Bunyamin; Head of Jatisari Village, Mulyadi; 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 four suspected givers are the Director of PT MAM Energindo, Ali Amril; private party, Lai Bui Min; Director of Bintang Rayatri City, Suryadi; and the sub-district head of Rawalumbu, Makhfud Saifudin.