Complete Dossier, North Maluku Governor Immediately Tried For Alleged Bribery

North Maluku Governor Abdul Gani Kasuba. (Between)

The Governor of North Maluku (Malut) Abdul Gani Kasuba will soon be tried in connection with the alleged bribery of infrastructure projects. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has completed the case file that ensnared him on Tuesday, April 16 yesterday.

"The investigative team has finished handing over the suspect and evidence with the suspect AGK et al to the prosecutor team because the investigation case file is declared complete to be ready to be tested before the trial," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri in a written statement, Wednesday, April 17.

Apart from Abdul Gani, investigators have also completed the case file for Ramadan Ibrahim, who is his aide and Head of the Goods and Services Procurement Agency (BPBJ) Ridwan Arsan. Furthermore, the prosecution continued the detention of the three of them.

The three of them will undergo detention at the KPK branch detention center. The prosecutor has 14 working days to submit the three files to the corruption court.

"Delegation to the corruption court immediately within 14 working days," said Ali.

Previously reported, Abdul Gani Kasuba was a suspect in the alleged bribery of goods and services procurement projects as well as granting permits within the North Maluku Provincial Government. He has been detained along with five other suspects since December 20 after being caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT).

The five suspects are the Head of the North Maluku Provincial Government Housing and Settlement Office, Adnan Hasanudin; Head of PUPR PUPR Maluku Provincial Government Daud Ismail; Head of BPPBJ North Maluku Provincial Government Ridwan Arsan; Ramadhan Ibrahim who is Abdul Gani's aide and the private sector, namely Stevi Thomas and Kristian Wuisan.

In this case, Abdul Gani was charged for allegedly participating in determining the contractor to be won in the auction of the work project in the province he leads. He even determines the amount of deposit from the entrepreneurs.

The KPK suspects that Abdul Gani also ordered his subordinates to manipulate their jobs as if the projects being carried out had been completed by 50 percent. The goal is that the budget derived from the APBD can be disbursed.

Abdul said that the KPK did not directly receive money from contractors. He uses a holding account held by his trusted people.

The money was then used by Abdul Gani to pay the inn to pay for his health check. The initial number of findings obtained by the KPK in the account reached Rp. 2.2 billion.