KPK Will Study 'Cardboard Durian' Scandal Cak Imin

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will study the durian cardboard scandal that dragged the name of the chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin. This step was taken because the case was handled in the era of leadership before Firli Bahuri.

"We will study it, we will further analyze the cases that were previously handled at the KPK," said Acting Spokesperson for the KPK for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, to reporters, Wednesday, March 16.

Ali said that the KPK must have listened to the aspirations of the people who often asked for this scandal to be investigated further. However, the information regarding the durian cardboard has not been equipped with sufficient evidence so that its status has not been raised.

"I think this is a case that has been around for quite a long time, yes, it is indeed at the KPK. If there was evidence at that time, it would have been developed," he said.

"However, once again, of course, because we understand how the participation and aspirations and input from the community are related to handling cases at the KPK, of course we will study further later, what are the legal facts of handling this case and the facts of previous trials that already exist," Ali added. .

As previously reported, a number of community groups often demonstrate in the KPK's Red and White building demanding that KPK Chair Firli Bahuri investigate the durian scandal that dragged Cak Imin's name.

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.