It Was Revealed That Billions Of Rupiah In Fees Were Packaged In Cardboard, Plastic Bags To Purun Bags For The South Kalimantan HSU Regent

The trial of the corruption case against the inactive HSU Regent Abdul Wahid was held at the Banjarmasin Corruption Court, Monday (9/5/2022) ANTARA/Firman

BANJARMASIN - The project fee money from the Public Works, Spatial Planning and Land Agency (PUPRP) of the North Hulu Sungai Regency, South Kalimantan, amounting to billions of rupiah for the inactive HSU Regent Abdul Wahid is packaged in cardboard boxes, plastic bags to purun bags.

This was stated by witness Abdul Latif in the facts of the trial of the alleged corruption and money laundering case with the defendant Abdul Wahid at the Banjarmasin Corruption Court, Monday, May 9.

Abdul Latif, who was questioned by the Chairman of the Panel of Judges, Yusriansyah, regarding the technique of handing over the fee money to the defendant through himself as an aide to the regent, admitted that he did not see the form of the money deposited directly because it was always packed in cardboard, plastic bags or purun bags.

"I immediately handed it over to the defendant. If he wasn't there, I put him on the desk," said Abdul Latif, quoted by Antara.

Meanwhile, another witness, Head of Bridge Division for Binamarga Division, PUPRP Service, HSU Marwoto, said that during 2019 he knew and made notes that there were more than IDR 4.6 billion in fee funds collected.

Then in 2020 it was Rp. 12 billion more and in 2021 it was Rp. 1.8 billion more than the contractors in the Binamarga Sector.

"The partners handed over the money directly to the regent's aide, not through me," said Marwoto, who was trusted by the defendant to coordinate the collection of fees from the contractors who won the Binamarga Section of the HSU PUPRP Service.

Meanwhile, Head of Binamarga HSU Rahmani Noor and Head of Cipta Karya HSU Abraham Radi admitted that there was a request for a 13 percent fee requested by the defendant for the project they were working on.

The panel of judges also had time to dig up the testimony of witnesses regarding the ownership of assets in the form of pharmacies, health clinics and houses by the defendant. The witnesses presented by the KPK Public Prosecution Team stated that they knew the assets belonged to the defendant after serving as the Regent of HSU.

It is known that in this case, Abdul Wahid, apart from being charged with corruption over the case of sharing irrigation project fees at the PUPRP HSU Service, is also facing charges of money laundering (TPPU) by the KPK prosecutor.

Former Plt Kadis PUPRP HSU Maliki has been sentenced by a panel of judges to six years in prison. Meanwhile, the two contractors, Marhaini and Fachriadi, were sentenced to one year and nine months in prison and a fine of Rp. 50 million.