KPK Officially Detains North Maluku Governor Abdul Gani Kasuba After Being Caught OTT

Evidence of the results of the KPK OTT in North Maluku (Wardhany Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officially detained North Maluku Governor Abdul Gani Kasuba today, Wednesday, December 20. He was detained after being caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT) in Jakarta and Ternate. "Today the KPK announced the suspect and determined to be detained, first is the AGK Governor of North Maluku," said KPK Deputy Chair Alexander Marwata at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, December 20. Apart from Abdul Gani, there are six suspects who have been named. Among them are the Head of the Housing and Settlement Service, namely AH and DE who are the Head of the PUPR Service. In this case, Abdul Gani allegedly participated in arranging the winner of the infrastructure project in North Maluku whose money came from the state budget. The budget ceiling reaches more than IDR 500 billion. "From the project, AGK determines the amount of deposit from the contractors," he said. Abdul Gani asked his subordinates to manipulate the work as if it had been completed by more than 50 percent. “ With the aim that the disbursement of the budget can be done immediately, "said Alexander. Abdul did not directly receive money from the contractors. He uses a holding account held by his trusted people, said Alexander. “ As preliminary preliminary evidence that went into the holding account in the amount of Rp2.2 billion. The money was used for AGK's personal interests in the form of payment of lodging at hotels and paying for the health concerned, ” said Alexander.

It didn't stop there, he was also suspected of receiving money from his subordinates to get a position recommendation. “ We continue to explore the fact finding further, "” said Alexander. Furthermore, the six current suspects were detained during the first 20 at the KPK Detention Center (Rutan). Meanwhile, one other suspect was asked to fulfill the investigator's summons for detention.