Deputy Regent Firman Ridho And Members Of The South Sumatra DPRD Become Witnesses In The Sriwijaya Mosque Case

Wabub Ogan Ilir Ardani (first left and rear) and South Sumatra DPRD members M Firman Ridho (second right rear), Ramadhan S. Basyeban (first left front) along with other witnesses who were presented directly by the Prosecutor / Antara

SOUTH SUMATERA - The Deputy Regent of Ogan Ilir Regency and members of the DPRD for the Province of South Sumatra (Sumsel) are witnesses in the trial of the alleged corruption in grant funds for the construction of the Sriwijaya Grand Mosque at the Palembang District Court, Monday, March 7.

Deputy regent Ogan Ilir Ardani and member of the South Sumatra DPRD M Firman Ridho, Ramadhan S. Basyeban were presented as witnesses by the Public Prosecutor (JPU) of the South Sumatra High Court for questioning related to the budgeting process for the grant funds for the construction of the Sriwijaya Palembang Grand Mosque by four defendants who were tried during the trial. the case.

The four defendants are Akhmad Najib, former Assistant I for Government and People's Welfare of the South Sumatra Provincial Secretariat, Laonma PL Tobing, former head of the South Sumatra BPKAD.

Then the defendants Agustinus Antoni, former Head of the South Sumatra BPKAD Budget and Loka Sangganegara as the contractor for the construction of the Sriwijaya Grand Mosque.

It is known that apart from Ardani and M Firman Ridho, Ramadhan S. Basyeban, the Public Prosecutor of the South Sumatra High Court also presented seven other witnesses in the trial chaired by the Panel of Judges Sahlan Effendi.

Head of the Musi Banyuasin Regency Community Empowerment Bureau, Richard Cahyadi, Chairperson of the Sriwijaya Mosque Waqf Foundation Palembang Zainal Berlian, South Sumatra Provincial Perkim Staff Edi Garibaldi, Finance Staff at the Sriwijaya Mosque project Edo Chandra, Civil Servant of the South Sumatra Perkim Service Dr KM Aminuddin, Retired BUMN PT Indah Karya Teguh Raharjo and academic Marwah M Diah who attended online.

Where, until this news was published, the trial process was still ongoing, the Panel of Judges took turns asking for information from the witnesses.

Meanwhile, based on the indictment file of the Prosecutor's Office of South Sumatra, in this case the defendants Akhmad Najib, Laonma PL Tobing and Agustinus Antoni whose capacity is also the Regional Government Budget team (TAPD) of the Province of South Sumatra are suspected of having committed an act, ordered to do or participated in several actions that must be taken. is seen as a continuing act against the law to enrich oneself, another person or a corporation.

Disbursed grant funds without any proposals and then signed a two-term Regional Grant Agreement (NPHD) on 26 November 2015 and 17 February 2017.

​​​​​Then, for the defendant Loka Sangganegara as a construction contractor, it is suspected that he made a report on the results of the construction management work that was not in accordance with the progress of the work, resulting in the payment of the Sriwijaya Mosque construction work whose funds were sourced from the APBD, the formal and material truth could not be accounted for by the parties. Waqf Foundation of the Palembang Sriwijaya Mosque to the South Sumatra Provincial Government.

Loka Sangganegara allegedly violated the provisions of ethics and principles of Procurement Article 5 in conjunction with Article 6 in conjunction with Article 87 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 89 paragraph (4) Presidential Regulation Number 54 of 2010 in conjunction with Presidential Regulation Number 70 of 2012 concerning the Procurement of Government Goods and Services. oneself or another person or a corporation.

​​​​​Where, the defendants are suspected of enriching Eddy Hermanto for Rp. 684,419,750, Syarifudin MF for Rp. 1,039,274,840, Dwi Kridayani for Rp. 2,500,000,000, Yudi Arminto for Rp. 22,446,427,564, Alex Noerdin in the amount of Rp.4,843,000,000, and PT Brantas Abipraya (Persero) in the amount of Rp.81,824,397,017.

From these allegations, it was detrimental to state finances or the state economy worth Rp. 116 billion from a total of Rp. 130 billion in grant funds for the construction of the Sriwijaya Grand Mosque which came from the 2015 and 2017 South Sumatra Regional Budget based on calculations issued by Tadulako University, Central Sulawesi Province.

As a result of these alleged actions, the defendants were subject to Article 2 paragraph (1) of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code. This was reported by Antara, Monday, March 7.