2 Perpetrators Of "Money Politics" Arrested By Police, Admitted That They Wanted To Win North Sulawesi DPRD Candidates For Manado Electoral District

The evidence that was secured by the police officers. (ANTARA)

MANADO - The "Political Muney" Task Force Team or money politics of the North Sulawesi Police (Sulut) conducted a hand arrest operation against two perpetrators of alleged criminal acts of election violations in a quiet period, reported by the North Sulawesi Bawaslu.

The Head of Public Relations of the North Sulawesi Police (Sulut) Kombes Pol Michael Irwan Thamsil confirmed the arrest. He said the North Sulawesi Police Task Force had arrested two perpetrators of political money practices that occurred in Teling Village, Wanea District, Manado,"

"The man with the initials FA and JW, on Tuesday, was then coordinated with Gakkumdu North Sulawesi for research, whether the actions of the two perpetrators were criminal or administrative," Michael said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, February 15.

He said the JW perpetrator was arrested on Tuesday, February 13 afternoon at around 15.30 WITA.

Pelaku merupakan tim sukses dari salah satu calon legislatif (Caleg) DPRD Provinsi Sulut Dapil Manado.

"From the hands of JW, the police obtained a number of evidences in the form of 436 stickers, nine cellphones, Rp113,000,000 in cash, 10 recapitulation sheets for the number of voters and 1 twitter book," he said.

Meanwhile, the FA perpetrator, he continued, was arrested on Tuesday night at around 18.30 WITA.

He is a successful team of candidates for the legislature of the Manado City DPRD for the Wenang-Wanea electoral district.

"The evidence that was secured from the FA perpetrators were eight stickers, two cellphones, Rp6,450,000 in cash, 129 envelopes each containing Rp50,000, and 2 family cards," he said.

He said that from the results of the case conducted by the North Sulawesi Regional Police, the two perpetrators were proven to have committed a criminal act of election violation and have now been named as suspects.

The two suspects are threatened with being charged with Article 523 paragraph (2) of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections, with a maximum imprisonment of four years and a maximum fine of IDR 48 million.