JAKARTA - Masses from the Anti-Corruption National People's Committee (Kornas Aksi) rallied in front of the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

The crowd urged the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to investigate the case of the durian cardboard scandal that dragged the name of the General Chair of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin.

"Today, we ask the KPK to immediately investigate a case that has been going on for years," said an orator from the command car, Thursday, February 24.

In their action, this mass group performed a theatrical action by wearing a mask with a picture of Cak Imin's face while carrying a cardboard with the words 'Durian 1.5 M'.

Again delivering his speech, a protester said that the digital traces of Cak Imin's alleged involvement had never been lost. Therefore, this mass group urged the KPK to immediately resolve this 'cardboard durian' scandal.

"The public is not silent about the durian cardboard case. Therefore, we urge the KPK to immediately investigate the durian box and ensnare Muhaimin Iskandar," said the orator.

Furthermore, the orator asked President Joko Widodo to intervene in the scandal by ordering KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri to immediately resolve the corruption allegations.

"Don't let us assume that people in Advanced Indonesia are people who are above the law. So, we feel sorry for Muhaimin Iskandar, whose track record in 2015 was that he committed corruption but the case was swallowed up by the earth," he said.

Mass demonstrations urge the KPK to investigate the 'durian cardboard' scandal that dragged the name Muhaimin Iskandar/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

For information, the durian cardboard scandal was revealed in a bribery trial at the Ministry of Manpower and Transmigration (Kemenakertrans), which has now changed its name.

At the trial, the Director General of the Directorate General of Transmigration Area Development (P2Ktrans) Jamaluddien Malik said Muhaimin received Rp. 400 million. The money that came from budget cuts at the directorate in 2013 was then stored in a durian box.

Not only that, Cak Imin's name was also mentioned in the bribery case of the PUPR Ministry's infrastructure project in Maluku and North Maluku in the 2016 fiscal year.

In this case, Musa Zainudin, who once sat in the patient chair, said that he had given Cak Imin Rp6 billion of the Rp7 billion he received as a project fee. However, the money was given not directly but through Jazilul Fawaid, who at that time was the Secretary of the PKB Faction.


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