Mendes PDTT Cak Imin's Brother Visited The KPK, Called Regarding The East Java Grant Fund Case

Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Mendes PDTT) Abdul Halim Iskandar visited the KPK Red and White Building, Thursday 22 August 2024 (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Mendes PDTT) Abdul Halim Iskandar visited the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta today, Thursday, August 22. He admitted that he would be examined as a witness in the bribery case for the East Java Province (East Java) APBD grant. "If the summons is related to the East Java issue. Yes (related to grant funds, ed)," Abdul Halim told reporters at the location.. Abdul Halim, who is the brother of the Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin, only ensures that he is ready to fulfill the summons of the anti-corruption commission. Abdul Halim also said that the granting fund should not be a matter for his ministry. That' We don't know. We'll see later," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK has named 21 new suspects in the alleged bribery of grant funds for community groups or pokmas from the East Java Provincial Budget for Fiscal Year 2019-2022. This effort is the development of the case that ensnared former Deputy Chairperson of the East Java DPRD Sahat Tua P. Simanjuntak.Investigators in this case searched the East Java Provincial Government (East Java) office some time ago. As a result, documents and electronic goods have been confiscated related to the alleged bribery case of grant funds.