The KPK Has The Opportunity To Develop Allegations Of Bribery Of East Java Grant Funds After Searching La Nyalla's House To The KONI Office

Deputy Chairperson Of The KPK Fitroh Rohichyanto (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has the opportunity to develop allegations of bribery in the management of grant funds for community groups (Pokmas) from the East Java Provincial Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. The suspect can only be determined if there is evidence.

This was conveyed by the Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Fitroh Rohcahyanto, when asked about searches in various locations, including the house of former Chairman of the DPD RI La Nyalla Mattalitti to the office of the Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI) East Java.

"There are already several suspects and this of course continues to be developed depending on the evidence obtained from the results of the search," said Fitroh, quoted on Tuesday, April 22.

Meanwhile, regarding the 21 suspects who have not been detained, Fitroh does not want to talk much. One of them is Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the Gerindra Party faction, Anwar Sadad.

According to him, the matter of detention is the investigator's strategy. "Everything will definitely be analyzed first," he said.

Previously reported, the KPK revealed that seven locations were searched for related to the alleged bribery in the management of grant funds for community groups (Pokmas) from the East Java Provincial Budget for Fiscal Year 2021-2022 on April 14-16. One of them is the house of former DPD Chairman La Nyalla Mattalitti.

"Until today, investigators have carried out searches," said KPK spokesman Tessa Mahardhika to reporters at the KPK's Red and White building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, April 16.

Tessa then detailed three searches carried out by investigators in the city of Surabaya, East Java on Monday, April 14. "One of them is a house that was previously called brother of LN," he said.

Then the search was carried out at three offices in the Surabaya City area on Tuesday, April 15. Although Tessa did not specify, one of them was called the Office of the East Java Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI).

There were also three houses that were ransacked by investigators on Wednesday, April 16. From this forced attempt, investigators then found evidence in the form of documents and electronic evidence related to the case being investigated.

Other locations were also searched by investigators to look for evidence of alleged bribery. One of them is the house of former PDTT Minister Abdul Halim Iskandar on Friday, September 6, 2024.

Investigators at that time then cash and several other evidences, such as documents and electronic evidence. However, the number of findings was not detailed further.