Who The Pemalang Regent Met At The DPR Building Ahead Of Being OTT KPK Must Be Investigated Firli Bahuri Cs

Pemalang Regent Mukti Agung (orange vest) leaves the South Jakarta KPK Building. (Tsa Tsia-VOI)

JAKARTA - Pemalang Regent Mukti Agung visited the Jakarta Parliament Building before the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) caught the catching operation (OTT). Who did Mukti Agung meet in the building where the council members work?

Chairman of the Indonesian Anti-Corruption Society (MAKI) Boyamin Saiman asked the KPK to answer the question in detail. He encouraged the anti-corruption agency to investigate the meeting attended by Mukti Agung in the DPR.

"According to the promise of the Chairman of the KPK (Firli Bahuri, ed) during the press conference, this promise must be kept," said Boyamin in a written statement to reporters, Monday, August 15.

Boyamin also asked investigators to schedule an examination of the figure. This step must be taken to find out what purpose Mukti came to the building shortly before being caught.

"This promise must be kept (with, ed) in the near future, immediately summoning the member of the DPR RI as a witness," he said.

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) previously confirmed that it would track down information about a meeting between Pemalang Regent Mukti Agung and members of the DPR before being entangled in the silent operation on Thursday, August 11.

This assurance was conveyed directly by the Chairperson of the KPK, Firli Bahuri. According to him, the information entered will be investigated by investigators.

"Regarding whether it is true that MAW (Mukti Agung) met M (member of the DPR) we will investigate later," said KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri at a press conference at the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Friday, August 12.

Mukti was named a suspect along with five other people. They are the Commissioner of PD Aneka Usaha Adi Jumal Wibowo; Acting Secretary of Pemalang Regency Slamet Masduki; Head of BPBD Sugiyanto; Head of Kominfo Pemalang District Yanuarius Nitbani; and the Head of Public Works of Pemalang Regency, Mohammad Saleh.

The six suspects were caught by OTT when they left the DPR RI Building on Thursday, August 11. It is suspected that there was a meeting between Mukti and her entourage with someone.

In this case, Mukti is suspected of setting a tariff of between Rp. 60 million and Rp. 350 million for bidders for positions in Pemalang Regency. The payment was made through Adi and the amount reached Rp. 4 billion.

In addition, Mukti is also suspected of receiving money from the private sector. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the total receipts reached Rp. 2.1 billion.