Mayor Of Cimahi Corruption Use Receipt Mode To Pay For Hospital Construction

KPK chairman Firli Bahuri during a press conference to determine the mayor of Cimahi, Ajay Muhammad Priatna as a corruption suspect at Kasih Bunda Hospital. (Diah Ayu wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri said that the Mayor of Cimahi, Ajay Muhammad Priatna, made a certain method to disguise the giving of bribes from the owner of the Kasih Bunda General Hospital.

Firli said, Ajay asked the hospital to make details of fake payments and receipts in the form of payments for hospital construction.

"To disguise the giving of money to Ajay, the Kasih Bunda Hospital made details of payments and fictitious receipts as if they were payments for physical construction work," Firli said at the KPK building, South Jakarta, Saturday, November 28.

Initially, the Kasih Bunda General Hospital carried out the construction of additional buildings in 2019. Then, the hospital submitted a request for a revision of the IMB to the Cimahi City Investment and One Stop Integrated Service (DPMPTSP) Office.

"To take care of the development permit, Hutama Yonathan as the owner of the Kasih Bunda Hospital met the Mayor of Cimahi at a restaurant in Bandung," said Firli.

Ajay asked Hutama for Rp3.2 billion at the meeting. "The money in the amount of Rp. 3.2 billion is 10 percent of the planned budget value for hospital construction worth Rp. 32 billion," he said.

Firli said, it was agreed that the handover of the money would be handed over in stages by Chyntia as the financial staff of the Kasih Bunda Hospital through Yanti as Ajay's confidant.

The giving has been made since May 6, 2020. The last gift was on November 27, 2020 amounting to IDR 425 million before the KPK conducted a hand arrest operation (OTT).

"The gift to Ajay has been made 5 times in several places, amounting to around Rp. 1,661 billion from the Rp. 3.2 billion agreement," said Firli.

After a series of examinations and before the 24 hour deadline stipulated in the Criminal Procedure Code, followed by a case title, the KPK concluded that there was an alleged corruption crime in the form of receiving gifts or promises by state officials regarding licensing in Cimahi City for the 2018-2020 Fiscal Year.

In the hand arrest activity since Friday, November 27, the KPK has arrested 11 people in several places, namely Bandung and Cimahi (West Java).

The eleven people are Ajay, Hutama, Chyntia, Yanti, Farid as Ajay's aide, Endi as Yanti's driver, Kamaludin as Chyntia's driver, Dominikus as the private party, Nungingsih as the hospital director, Hella as Head of the PTSP Service, and Aam as an employee of the PTSP Service.

Currently, Ajay and Hutama are named as suspects in a corruption case. Meanwhile, nine other people who were arrested for examination have been sent home.

Ajay and Hutama were detained at the detention center for the first 20 days starting from November 28, 2020 to December 17, 2020. Ajay was detained at the state detention center at the Central Jakarta Metro Police and Hutama at Polda Metro Jaya.