Pekanbaru Mayor's OTT Allegedly Related To Fictitious Budget To Charges From Head Of Service

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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said the hand arrest operation (OTT) that ensnared the Acting Mayor of Pekanbaru, Risnandar Mahawa, was suspected of being related to the use of a budget that turned out to be fictitious to levies on the head of the service. This activity is said to have come from public reports.

"Yes, temporary information related to the use of treasurer money," said KPK Deputy Chairman Alexander Marwata to reporters in the Bali area, Tuesday, December 3.

Alexander said it was suspected that there was a trick in the process. "That's the treasurer's money, there is a term that it will be spent first, then the evidence is accounted for, right (for, red) the replacement money to fill the safe," he said.

"One of the modes was that, there was cash collection and then it was divided into evidence of fictitious expenditure. This is ridiculous. Maybe if you buy an office stationery, the office stationery is only a receipt but the goods don't exist and so on," continued Alexander.

He suspects this kind of mode is not new. When he was an auditor at the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), he found something similar.

"Modus seperti ini dengan pertanggungan fiktif juga sudah lama, sekitar 20 tahun dan praktik itu juga masih dilakukan," tegasnya.

In addition, there are allegations that there were also levies to the head of the service. However, Alexander has not been able to provide details because the investigation is still being carried out.

"Then there are quotes or levies from heads of offices, each OPD, and from regional public hospitals," he said.

Alexander called this silent operation starting from public reports. There is information that is then followed up by issuing an investigation warrant (sprinlidik).

"We followed up by wiretapping, by conducting surveillance, by clarifying the reporter and then when we were about to arrest, we received information that money was handed over and then we made an arrest," he concluded.