Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi's Indictment Regarding The Bribery Case Held At The West Java Corruption Court

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has completed the preparation of the indictment of the inactive Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi or Kang Pepen which was then submitted to the West Java Corruption Court.

"KPK Prosecutor Heradian Salipi has finished transferring the case files and indictment of defendant Rahmat Effendi and his friends to the Corruption Court at the Bandung District Court," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Sector Ali Fikri in a written statement, Wednesday, May 25.

In addition, the anti-corruption commission has also completed and delegated the indictment of the Secretary of the Investment Service and PTSP, M Bunyamin; Head of Jatisari Village, Mulyadi; Jatisampurna Sub-district Head, Wahyudin; and Head of the Bekasi City Housing, Settlement and Land Office, Jumhana Lutfi.

After the indictment was submitted, they are now in court custody. However, they are still being kept in several detention centers in Jakarta.

Rahmat and Wahyudin were placed in the KPK Detention Center at the Red and White Building. Meanwhile, Bunyamin, Mulyadi, and Jumhana were placed in the KPK Detention Center in Lot C1.

"The next team of prosecutors will still wait for the appointment of the panel of judges and the determination of the day of the first trial with the agenda of reading the indictment," he said.

In this case, they were charged with Article 12 letter b Jo Article 18 of the Anti-Corruption Law Jo Article 55 paragraph 1 1 of the Criminal Code Jo. Article 64 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code or Article 11 in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Law Jo Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code Jo. Article 64 paragraph (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 together 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 Kota Bintang Rayatri, Suryadi; and the sub-district head of Rawalumbu, Makhfud Saifudin.