KPK Leader Reminds Uncle Birin To Respond To Calls: If You Don't Receive Money, Tell It In Front Of Investigators

Uncle Birin/DOK IST

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Alexander Marwata said Sahbirin Noor or Uncle Birin would lose if he did not fulfill the investigator's summons on Friday, November 22. This moment could be used by the former Governor of South Kalimantan to explain the alleged bribery that had ensnared him.

"For example, if it's not true, I've never received money," yes, convey it in the investigation by investigators," Alexander told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, November 20.

Alexander asked Uncle Birin to cooperate in fulfilling the call. Because someone who is usually called because of his relationship.

Moreover, all of Uncle Birin's actions could be opened at trial from the statements of witnesses and other suspects who had been detained. So, there is no point in him avoiding the investigator's summons.

"If he feels he has never received anything or has never ordered his staff to receive money and so on, please convey it. So that later the statement will be drawn from the suspect, the testimony from the witness and it will be considered by the judge to decide who the parties involved are," he said.

"There's no point in covering it up because in the end it will all open up at trial. People can also follow," continued Alexander.

As previously reported, KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardika said Sahbirin Noor or Uncle Birin would be summoned again as witnesses on Friday, November 22. This is the second summons because he was absent on Monday, November 18 yesterday.

This examination as a witness was carried out after Uncle Birin's legal status as a suspect was dropped by the South Jakarta District Court (PN). The former Governor of South Kalimantan won a pretrial lawsuit against the KPK.

Uncle Birin was previously named a suspect in receiving bribes along with four other people.

They are the Head of the Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) Office of the South Kalimantan Provincial Government Ahmad Solhan (SOL), the Head of Cipta Karya as well as the Commitment Making Officer (PPK) of the South Kalimantan Provincial Government Yulianti Erlynah (YUL), the Management of the Tahfidz Darussalam House as well as the collector of money or fee Ahmad (AMD) and Plt. Head of the Household Section of the Governor of South Kalimantan Agustya Febry Andrean (FEB).

Meanwhile, as the suspect givers, namely Sugeng Wahyudi (YUD) and Andi Susanto (AND) as private parties. A total of seven suspects were named by the KPK which began with a hand arrest operation (OTT) on Sunday, October 6.

This gift was made after Sugeng and Andi got three projects in South Kalimantan. The details:

1. Construction of Football Fields in the Integrated Sports Area of South Kalimantan Province with selected provider PT WKM (Wismani Kharya Mandiri) with a work value of IDR 23 billion;

2. Integrated Samsat Development with selected provider PT HIU (Haryadi Indo Utama) with a work value of IDR 22 billion;

3. Development of Swimming Pools in the Integrated Sports Area of South Kalimantan Province with the selected provider CV BBB (Bunt Banua Bersama) with a work value of IDR 9 billion.