Former Subang Regency Government Official, Heri Tantan, Will Be Sought Immediately

Illustration (Photo: Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The KPK has transferred the investigation files of the former Head of Procurement and Development of the Subang District Civil Service Agency (BKD), Heri Tantan Sumaryana (HTS) to the Corruption Court in Bandung, West Java.

"Today, Tuesday, January 19, the representative of the KPK Prosecutor Team, Agung Satrio Wibowo, has transferred the case files of the defendant Heri Tantan Sumaryana to the Bandung Corruption Court," said Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, Tuesday, January 19.

In addition, said Ali, detention was transferred to the Bandung Corruption Court. Also today the KPK team of prosecutors moved the place of detention of the defendant Heri Tantan Sumaryana to the Sukamiskin Prison.

"Next, we are waiting for the appointment of the Panel of Judges who will chair the trial and determine the trial schedule with the agenda of reading the indictment," Ali said.

Heri Tantan was named a suspect in receiving gratification by the KPK in October 2019. This case is the development of a case that has caught the former Regent of Subang, Ojang Suhandi. Ojang himself was charged in three cases, namely bribery, gratuities and money laundering offenses.

Heri Tantan allegedly received gratuities of Rp. 9,645,000,000 together with Ojang. This revenue comes from levies for the appointment of regional civil servant candidates (CPNS) from category II honorary personnel whose test and verification period starts from February 2014 to February 2015.

Since April 2015, Heri Tantan has collected levies from honorary employees with the lure of becoming a CPNS in a recruitment that opened in April 2016.

The money that was given by Heri Tantan to Ojang Sohandi was only Rp. 1.65 billion through the assistant to the Subang district head at that time and part of it was used to purchase assets of 2 plots of land in Cigadung Village, Cibeunying Kaler District, worth Rp 2.44 billion.

Heri Tantan is suspected of violating Article 12 B of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.