JAKARTA - The investigation team of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted searches in three Batu City office offices to investigate allegations of gratification in the Batu City government in 2011-2017.

"On Thursday, January 7, the KPK investigating team conducted searches in several different locations in Batu City, East Java," said Acting KPK spokesman for prosecution Ali Fikri in his written statement, Friday, January 8.

The three office offices that were ransacked by the KPK investigating team were the Batu City Communication and Information Office, the Batu City Fire Management Office, and the Batu City Investment and Integrated Services Office.

"As for the three locations, various documents were secured including business permit documents, records of financial transactions related to this case," said Ali.

Furthermore, the anti-graft commission investigators will carry out the confiscation after analyzing the documents found during the search.

It was reported earlier that the KPK conducted searches in three different locations, namely the PUPR office, the education office and the Batu City tourism office on Wednesday, January 6.

From the search, KPK investigators found and secured a number of documents related to work project activities as well as permit documents for tourist attractions at the Batu City tourism office for the period 2011-2017.

For information, in September 2017, KPK investigators charged the Mayor of Batu, Eddy Rumpoko, in an arrest operation.

In this case, Eddy Rumpoko allegedly received a bribe worth Rp. 500 million related to the capital expenditure project and machinery for procurement of furniture at the Batu City Government for the 2017 Fiscal Year worth Rp. 5.26 billion.

The KPK named two other suspects in the case, namely the Head of the Batu City Government Procurement Service Unit, Edi Setyawan, and Filipus Djap, who is the Director of PT Dailbana Prima.


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