South Jakarta District Court Rejects Pretrial Mardani Maming, KPK: Objective And Independent Judge

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) appreciates the decision of the South Jakarta District Court (PN) which rejected the pretrial of the former Tanah Bumbu Regent Mardani H. Maming. The judge was judged to be right in his attitude.

"The judge has been objective and independent in deciding the application case," said Acting Spokesperson for the KPK for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, to reporters, Wednesday, July 27.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was confident that it would win this pretrial lawsuit. This is because the investigation process has been carried out according to applicable procedures.

With this pretrial decision, Ali said investigators would step on the gas to summon witnesses. Evidence collection will continue.

"From the start, we believed that the investigation by the KPK was in accordance with the procedure, so we will continue this investigation by scheduling the summoning of witnesses and collecting other evidence," he said.

Mardani H. Maming filed a pretrial because he felt he was criminalized after being named a suspect in the alleged bribery and gratification of the mining business permit (IUP) in Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan.

However, this pretrial lawsuit was rejected by a single judge. The KPK is considered to have worked according to the applicable law.

Previously, Mardani was named a suspect after being prevented from going abroad by the Directorate General of Immigration at the request of the KPK. Before being named a suspect, he had also been questioned.

However, after being questioned, Mardani admitted that he was asked for information regarding his problem with the owner of PT Jhonlin Group Samsudin Andi Arsyad alias Haji Isam.

Even so, Maming's name was once said to have received Rp 89 billion in money in a trial for alleged bribery of a mining business license (IUP) in Tanah Bumbu Regency which was held at the Tipikor Court, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (Kalsel).

This allegation was conveyed by the younger brother of former President Director of PT Prolindo Cipta Nusantara (PCN) Henry Soetio, Christian Soetio. At that time, Christian claimed to know that there was a flow of funds to the former Regent of Tanah Bumbu Mardani H Maming through PT Permata Abadi Raya (PAR) and PT Trans Surya Perkasa (TSP).

The money transfer has been going on since 2014. The amount of tens of billions of rupiah is referred to as the amount quoted based on PT PCN's financial statements.