KPK Checks Karimun Regent In Riau, Examines 2018 DAK Management Money Flow

Acting KPK Spokesperson Ali Fikri. (ANTARA/HO-Public Relations KPK)

RIAU - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is investigating the alleged flow of money related to the management of special allocation funds (DAK) for Fiscal Year 2018. A total of eight witnesses were examined by the KPK in connection with the case, Friday, March 11.

Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri said one of the witnesses being examined was the Regent of Karimun, Riau Islands, Aunur Rafiq.

"The investigative team is still continuing to explore, among others, related to the management to obtain the 2018 DAK allocation, where it is suspected that there was a flow of money to the parties related to this case so that the acquisition of the funds was quickly disbursed," said Ali in a written statement, Saturday 12 March, quoted from Antara.

Seven other witnesses were examined, namely Arif Budiman as Director of CV Palem Gunung Raya, PNS/Head of the 2014–2017 Dumai City Regional Development Planning Agency Marjoko Santoso, PNS/Head of Sub-Division of Health and Population Bappeda Dumai City Humanda Dwipa Putra alias Nanang.

Furthermore, Mashudi from the private sector, civil servant/former Head of Infrastructure and Regional Development Agency of Dumai City Mukhlis Suzantri, civil servant/Head of Education and Culture Office of Dumai City Sya'ari, and civil servant/Secretary of Dumai City Health Service (former Director of Dumai City Hospital) Syaiful.

The examination of the eight witnesses was carried out at the Representative Building of the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) of Riau Province, Pekanbaru City.

The KPK is currently developing an investigation into the alleged corruption case in the management of DAK for the 2018 Fiscal Year.

However, the KPK is currently unable to fully inform the construction of the case and who the parties have been named as suspects.

As is the policy of the current KPK leadership, the publication of case construction and those who have been designated as suspects will be carried out when forced efforts have been made to either arrest or detain suspects.

The investigation into the case was a development of DAK management with the convict former Head of the Division of Funding Development for Housing and Settlement Areas, Directorate of Evaluation of Regional Financial Management and Information, Directorate General of Fiscal Balance, Ministry of Finance Yaya Purnomo.

Yaya Purnomo has been sentenced to 6.5 years in prison plus a fine of IDR 200 million, subsidiary of 1 month and 15 days in prison for being proven to have accepted bribes and gratuities in administering DAK and regional incentive funds (DID) in several districts/cities.