South Sumatra Bawaslu Summons OKU Commissioner Who Reportedly Received Election Bribe Money

The office of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of South Sumatra Province. (ANTARA/Ahmad Rafli Baiduri)

PALEMBANG - The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of South Sumatra summoned two Bawaslu Commissioners Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) who were suspected of receiving bribes in the 2024 General Election.

"Today we have asked the two individuals to come to the South Sumatra Bawaslu Office. However, until this afternoon they have not arrived," said Head of South Sumatra Bawaslu Kurniawan as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, March 4.

"The South Sumatra Bawaslu has not been able to provide further responses because there has been no clarification regarding the problem," he said.

Sementara itu, Kapolres OKU AKBP Imam Zamroni mengatakan hingga saat ini pihaknya belum menerima laporan resmi dari pihak korban atau calon legislatif yang mengaku menjadi korban janji-janji perolehan suara pada Pemilu 2024.

However, his party received the arrival of the two OKU Bawaslu commissioners who were meant to ask for security because they received threats from several people related to the case.

The two commissioners came with members of the OKU Kodim TNI to the OKU Police SPKT room to ask for a security room in the early hours of this morning at around 01.30 WIB.

"So we provide security space for the two OKU Bawaslu commissioners because they feel there is a threat from several people," he explained.

He emphasized that the police would conduct further investigations regarding the alleged bribery case to ensure the truth and justice in handling the case.

"The issue of alleged bribery that is circulating will also be investigated. Whatever the information is, it becomes our policy in conducting investigations," he said.

Previously, there were rumors that two members of the OKU Bawaslu commissioner with the initials F and AK were detained at the local Police Headquarters for allegedly accepting bribes in the 2024 General Election.

Both are suspected of accepting bribes amounting to Rp1,340 billion by promising a legislative candidate (caleg) to qualify as a member of the local DPRD with the lure of obtaining 4,000 votes in the East Baturaja 1 electoral district.