Bekasi Mayor Lai Bui Amin, Suryadi And Makhfud Bribery Tried At Bandung Corruption Court

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Ali Fikri (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The bribery of the Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi or Pepen, namely Ali Amril, Lai Bui Amin, Suryadi, and Makhfud Saifudin, will soon undergo a trial related to allegations of bribery in the procurement of goods and services and the auction of positions.

The trial will take place after the case files are completed and transferred to the Surabaya Corruption Court today, Thursday, March 17.

"The team of prosecutors has finished transferring the case files along with the indictment of the defendant Ali Amril et al to the Corruption Court at the Bandung District Court," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri in a written statement, Thursday, March 17.

After the delegation was carried out, the detention of the four bribers became the authority of the Corruption Court. However, they are still being held at the KPK Rutan at Pomdam Jaya Guntur.

Furthermore, the KPK Public Prosecutor (JPU) is just waiting for the determination of the panel of judges and the trial schedule. The trial will begin with an agenda for reading the indictment.

In this case, the defendants were charged with Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or letter b of the Anti-Corruption Law in Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code or Article 13 of the Anti-Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.

Previously reported, Rahmat Effendi or Pepen along with eight other people were named by the KPK as suspects for alleged bribery in the procurement of goods and services as well as the auction of positions in the Bekasi City Government.

Pepen with the Secretary of the Investment Office and PTSP, M Bunyamin; Head of Jatisari Village, Mulyadi; Jatisampurna Sub-district Head, Wahyudin; and the Head of the Bekasi City Housing, Settlement and Land Office, Jumhana Lutfi, were named as recipients of bribes.

Meanwhile, the four suspected givers are the Director of PT MAM Energindo, Ali Amril; private party, Lai Bui Min; Director of Bintang Rayatri City, Suryadi; and the sub-district head of Rawalumbu, Makhfud Saifudin.