The DKI Prosecutor's Office Examines The Mayor Of West Jakarta Regarding The Corruption Case Of The DKI Culture Service

Head of the Legal Information Section of the DKI Prosecutor's Office, Syahron Hasibuan. (Diah-VOI)

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office (Kejati) is examining the Mayor of West Jakarta, Uus Kuswanto, in his capacity as a witness to investigate the corruption case of the DKI Jakarta Culture Service.

Uus is included in the 10 witnesses examined by the DKI Attorney General's Office in case development. Other witnesses examined were the former Head of Utilization of the DKI Jakarta Culture Service, Director of PT Karya Mitra Ambarang, Director of PT Access Lintas Solusi, Director of PT Nurul Karya Mandiri, and management of the studio.

"The examination of witnesses is part of legal procedures carried out to obtain information, clarification, strengthen evidence, and complete files related to the case," said Syahron Hasibuan, Head of the Legal Information Section in his statement, Thursday, January 23.

Previously, investigators for the Special Crimes Division of the DKI Jakarta Attorney General's Office had named three people as suspects in the corruption case for the fictitious activities of the DKI Culture Service on January 2, 2025.

They are the inactive Head of the DKI Culture Service, Iwan Henry Wardhana, the inactive Head of the DKI Utilization Division, Mohamad Fairza Maulana, and Gatot Arif Rahmadi (GAR) as the owner of a fictitious event organizer (EO). All three have also been detained for 20 days.

From the results of the investigation, the activities in collaboration with Gatot's GR-Pro were launched with two variations, namely fully fictitious activities, then some activities were carried out and some were fictitious.

In carrying out activities sourced from regional apparatus APBDs such as Disbud, it must make an accountability for the use of the budget.

To cover the gap, Iwan and Fairza made an accountability letter or SPJ using fake stamps and borrowed several companies in exchange for 2.5 percent. The company did not carry out activities as made in the SPJ of the Culture Service.

"One of the activities is an art performance with a budget of Rp. 15 billion. The manipulation mode includes bringing in several parties and then being given uniforms as dancers," said Head of the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office, Patris Yusrian Jaya.

"Furthermore, photos on stage and given the title as if this photo after carrying out certain dance activities, But the dance never existed. And this was later made accountable. It was also equipped with fake stamps from the manager," he added.

Now, Iwan and Fairza have been temporarily disabled from their positions. Temporary dismissal for civil servants for being suspects of criminal acts is also stipulated in Article 40 of the Regulation of the State Civil Service Agency Number 3 of 2020 concerning Technical Guidelines for the Dismissal of Civil Servants and Article 53 Paragraph 2 of Law Number 20 of 2023 concerning State Civil Apparatus.

Currently, Iwan and Fairza have not been dishonorably dismissed. Dismissal will be carried out if both are found guilty in court and sentenced to a minimum sentence of two years in prison, according to Government Regulation Number 94 of 2021 concerning Civil Servant Discipline.