KPK Searches Bengkulu Governor's Office Looking For Evidence Of Rohidin Mersyah's Case

The logo of the KPK building in Kuningan, South Jakarta. (Between)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) searched the Bengkulu Governor's office today, Wednesday, December 4. Forced efforts were made to find evidence of alleged corruption within the provincial government after a hand arrest operation (OTT) some time ago.

"That's right. There is a search activity at the Bengkulu Governor's Office by investigators," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika to reporters in a written statement, Wednesday, December 4.

Tessa has not detailed further about the search. This is because investigators are still doing their job in the field.

From a number of reports, it was stated that the anti-corruption commission team had come to the building since 10:00 WIB. They were escorted by fully armed police.

As previously reported, the KPK held a hand arrest operation (OTT) in Bengkulu Province on Saturday, November 23 and brought eight people for questioning.

Three people were later named as suspects, namely Bengkulu Governor Rohidin Mersyah, Bengkulu Provincial Secretary (Sekda) Isnan Fajri and Evrianshah alias Anca who are the Adc Governor of Bengkulu.

When the OTT was carried out, investigators found IDR 7 billion in rupiah currency denominations, US dollars, and Singapore dollars. The extortion and acceptance of gratuities is said to finance Rohidin, who is back running as a candidate for incumbent.

As a result of his actions, these three suspects are suspected of violating Article 12 letter e and Article 12B in Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended in Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 of the Criminal Code.