4 Times Absent, Today KPK Calls Again Mbak Ita And Husband

Former Mayor of Semarang Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has again scheduled a summons to the Mayor of Semarang Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu and her husband as Chairman of Commission D of the Central Java Provincial DPRD Arwin Basri today, Wednesday, February 19. Both will be questioned as suspects.

"It's true, HGR and AB were summoned today in their capacity as suspects," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika to reporters in a written statement, Wednesday, February 19.

Ita and her husband were actually summoned on Tuesday, February 11. However, they were not present at the fourth summons because Mbak Ita suddenly admitted that she had to be hospitalized.

Ita was also caught attending a wedding or invitation on Sunday, February 16 yesterday. This moment was uploaded to his Instagram account, @makitasmg.

Previously reported, the KPK had detained two suspects in a corruption case within the Semarang City Government (Pemkot), Central Java on Friday, January 17. They are Martono who is the Chairman of the Association of Indonesian National Construction Implementers (Gapensi) of Semarang City and Rachmat Djangkar.

Martono was detained for allegedly participating in receiving gratuities together with the Mayor of Semarang Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu alias Mbak Ita and her husband, Alwin Basri who also serves as Chairman of Commission D of the Central Java Provincial DPRD.

Meanwhile, Rachmat was detained for allegedly giving bribes related to the procurement of tables and elementary school chairs at the Semarang City Education Office.

Currently, there are three allegations of corruption that allegedly occurred and are being investigated. The details are the procurement of goods and services at the Semarang City Government in 2023-2024, the alleged extortion of civil servants related to incentives for collecting taxes and levies in the Semarang City area as well as the alleged receipt of gratuities in 2023-2024.