Former Bandung Regional Secretary Ema Sumarna And 3 Members Of The DPRD Berompi Orange Detained By KPK

KPK detained former Bandung City Regional Secretary Ema Sumarna/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained former Regional Secretary of Bandung City Ema Sumarna on this day. He was detained after being entangled in alleged corruption in the Bandung Smart City program.

Ema was detained along with three members of the Bandung City DPRD, namely Riantoni, Achmad Nugraha, and Ferry Cahyadi Rismafury. This case was revealed after the former Mayor of Bandung, Yana Mulyana, was caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT) in 2023.

"Regarding the need for investigation, the suspects were detained by the investigative team for the first 20 days," said Asep Guntur Rahayu, Director of KPK Investigation at a press conference at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Thursday, September 26.

Asep said the four of them were detained from September 26, 2024 to October 15, 2024 at the KPK detention center. In this case, Ema Sumarna is suspected of receiving Rp1 billion in corruption money.

Meanwhile, the Bandung City legislators who joined the orange camp also received Rp1 billion for each and project rations in the service environment.

This case began when an agreement was made to provide a budget for the Department of Transportation for the procurement of Bandung Smart City. This incident occurred around 2022.

Ema is suspected of receiving gratuities from the Transportation Service. Then, Asep said that Ema made it easier for the addition of the budget for the discussion of the Revised Regional Budget for the 2022 Fiscal Year at the Bandung City Transportation Service for the benefit of DPRD members.

"In order to be able to do works through Providers sourced from the budget at the Transportation Service, the results of the 2022 Revised APBD hammer," he said.

Meanwhile, three DPRD members who are suspects are suspected of receiving benefits by receiving gratuities from the Bandung City Transportation Service and other agencies in partnership with Commission C of the DPRD.

As a result of their actions, the suspects were suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b.

or Article 11 and Article 12 B of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crime Jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code.