The Wabendum Of The AMIN National Team Responds To The KPK's Call In The SYL Case

Deputy General Treasurer (Wabendum) of the Anies-Muhaimin (AMIN) national team, Rajiv at the KPK building, Jakarta, Tuesday 30 January (Rizky AP/VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy General Treasurer (Wabendum) of the Anies-Muhaimin (AMIN) national team, Rajiv, has complied with the summons of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) as a witness. He will be examined in connection with the extortion case, the receipt of gratuities and money laundering of former Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo. "The Rajiv witness has arrived and is being examined as a witness by the investigative team," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Tuesday, January 30. Meanwhile, Rajiv emphasized that he was not absent from the summons on Friday, January 26 yesterday. At that time, he was unable to pay money every month with the help of the Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture Kasdi Subagyono and the Director of the Agriculture Tool of the Ministry of Agriculture Muhammad Hatta. The amount that is pegged and must be deposited by employees of echelon I-II is around 4,000-10,000 US dollars.

The money collected is believed to have come from not only the realization of the Ministry of Agriculture's budget inflated or mark-ups but from vendors working on projects. The money is given in cash, transfers or goods. The anti-corruption commission then suspected that the money Syahrul received was used for various personal interests. Starting from Umrah with other Ministry of Agriculture employees, buying cars, repairing houses to flowing to the NasDem Party with a value of up to billions of rupiah.