KPK Immediately Trials Bandung Mayor Yana Mulyana's Bribery

Suspect in the alleged bribery case of the inactive Bandung Mayor Yana Mulyana, Sony Setiadi/ANTARA PHOTO/RENO ESNIR

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will soon hear the suspects in the alleged bribery case against the inactive Bandung Mayor Yana Mulyana.

"The suspects and evidence from the investigative team have been handed over to the KPK Prosecutor Team for the Bandung mayor's bribery case on behalf of Sony Setiadi and his friends," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 15.

Ali also ensured that the case would be transferred to the Corruption Court (Tipikor) within 14 working days.

The KPK also extended the detention period of the suspects for the next 20 days starting from June 13, 2023.

Bandung Mayor Yana Mulyana was caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT) by the KPK on Friday (14/4) night.

Yana was later named a suspect in the alleged corruption case of bribery and acceptance of gratuities for the procurement of CCTV and internet service providers for the "Bandung Smart City" Project for Fiscal Year 2022-2023.

Apart from Yana, the KPK named five other people as suspects, namely the Head of the Bandung City Transportation Service Dadang Darmawan, the Secretary of the Bandung City Transportation Service Khairul Rijal, Director of PT Sarana Mitra Adiguna (SMA) Benny, Manager of PT SMA Andreas Guntoro, and CEO of PT Citra Jelajah Informatika (CIFO) Sony Setiadi.

Suspect Yana allegedly received gratuities to win PT CIFO in the auction of the internet service supply project at the Bandung City Transportation Agency worth IDR 2.5 billion.