Musi Banyuasin Regent Dodi Reza Tried At Palembang Corruption Court

Dodi Alex Noerdin/DOK VOI-Wardhany Tsa Tsia

JAKARTA - Inactive Musi Banyuasin Regent Dodi Reza Alex Noerdin together with the Head of PUPR of Musi Banyuasin Regency Herman Mayori and Head of SDA/PPK Office of PUPR of Musi Banyuasin Regency Eddi Umari will soon undergo trial. All three are recipients of bribes for infrastructure procurement in Musi Banyuasin Regency.

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, said the trial of the three would soon be carried out after their files were transferred to the Corruption Court at the Palembang District Court. The handover will take place today, Friday, March 4.

"The KPK Prosecutor's Team has transferred the case file along with the indictment of the alleged corruption case as the recipient of bribes on behalf of Dodi Reza Alex Noerdin et al to the Corruption Court at the Palembang District Court," he said in a written statement, Friday, March 4.

After the delegation to the court was carried out, then the detention of the three defendants became the authority of the panel of judges. They were charged with Article 12 letter a of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code or both Article 11 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) KUHP.

"Currently the Prosecutor's team is still waiting for the appointment of the panel of judges and the schedule for the inaugural trial with the agenda of reading the indictment," said Ali.

In this case, Dodi Reza Alex Noerdin is a suspect in the alleged bribery in infrastructure procurement. He was named a suspect along with three other people, namely the Head of PUPR, Musi Banyuasin Regency, Herman Mayori; Head of SDA/PPK Department of PUPR, Musi Banyuasin Regency, Eddi Umari; and Director of PT Selaras Simpati Nusantara Suhandy. He carried out a presumptuous practice by engineering a number of lists, including making a list of potential partners who will carry out project work whose budget comes from the APBD-P for Fiscal Year 2021 and provincial financial assistance, including the PUPR Office of Musi Banyuasin Regency.

In addition, he apparently has determined the percentage of the fee for each project value with details of 10 percent for him, 3-5 percent for Herman, and 2-3 percent for Eddi and other related parties.

As a result of this fraud, the company owned by Suhandy, namely PT Selaras Simpati Nusantara, was declared the winner of the four development projects. The project is the rehabilitation of the Ngulak III Irrigation Area (IDPMIP) in Ngulak III Village, Kec. Sanga with a contract value of IDR 2.39 billion; an increase in the DIR Epil irrigation network with a contract value of Rp. 4.3 billion; improvement of irrigation network of DIR Muara Teladan with a contract value of Rp. 3.3 billion; normalization of Lake Ulak Ria Sekayu District with a contract value of Rp. 9.9 billion. Dodi is suspected of receiving a commitment fee of Rp. 2.6 billion from Suhandy. However, when the OTT was carried out, he only received some of the money given through his subordinates, namely Herman and Eddi.