The Son Of The Former Regent Of Majalengka And The Head Of BKPSDM Becomes A Corruption Suspect At Sindangkasih Market

Illustration of arrests. (Alanews)

Head of the Personnel and Human Resources Development Agency (BKPSDM) of Majalengka Regency, Irfan Nur Alam (INA) is a suspect in the alleged corruption of the Sindangkasih Market construction project in Cigasong, Majalengka.

Head of West Java Prosecutor's Office, Nur Sricahyawijaya, said that Irfan was named a suspect by the West Java High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) because he had a role in systematically abusing his authority in building activities for the handover of the Sindangkasih Market in Cigasong.

"INA, who now serves as Head of the Majalengka Regency BKPSDM, is a Civil Servant who serves as Head of the Majalengka Regency Economic and Regional Development Section from 2019 to 2021," said Cahya in his statement, Friday, March 15, quoted by Antara.

Cahya explained that the West Java Prosecutor's Office named Irfan as a suspect based on the investigation warrant of the Head of the West Java Prosecutor's Office Number: 682/M.2/Fd.2/03/2024 dated March 14 and a letter of determination of the suspect (PIDSUS-18) Head of the West Java Prosecutor's Office Number: TAP- 28/M.2/Fd.2/03/2024 dated March 14, 2024.

Furthermore, Cahya explained, in the 2020 fiscal year, the Majalengka Regency Government based on the Majalengka Regent Regulation Number 103 of 2020, carried out the selection of partners for the use of regional property in the form of construction for handover (build, operate and transfer/BOT) on land on Jalan Raya Cigasong-Jatiwangi, Majalengka Regency, where the person acting as Chairman of Bangun Guna Serah was the Assistant for the Economy and Development, then the secretary was the Head of the Economic Division who at that time was held by the suspect Irfan.

The partners who were selected in the construction to hand over were PT Purna Graha Abadi (PGA), after H Endang Rukanda (President Commissioner of PT PGA) issued a sum of cash given to AN (the private party who had been named a suspect two years ago) and DRN (PNS who had been named a suspect two years ago) who helped Irfan in arranging the winner of the project auction.

Then PT PGA also transferred some money to an account in the name of PT KEB, bringing the total amount to billions of rupiah, for conditioning in the project auction.

"From the money that went into PT KEB's account, AN then made a withdrawal together with DRN. A number of the money was transferred by PT PGA to condition PT PGA as the winner of the auction in the construction work project to hand over," said Cahya.

Cahya said that in the suspect Irfan, the West Java Prosecutor's Investigation Team imposed Article 5, Article 12 letter e, Article 11, Article 12 B of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.

It is known that Irfan is the son of the former Regent of Majalengka Karna Sobahi.

In 2019, Irfan had caused a stir among the people of Majalengka for shooting a contractor partner. This incident was triggered by debt problems. Even though he was caught in a shooting case, INA was still an ASN. Even his position was promoted to Head of BKPSDM Majalengka.