Former Pesawaran Regent Dendi Ramadhona Becomes A Corruption Suspect For Drinking Water Project Rp8.2 Billion

The former Regent of Pesawaran for two periods Dendi Ramadhona gave information after being questioned by the Lampung Prosecutor's Office. Friday (5/9/2025). (ANTARA)

The Lampung High Prosecutor's Office has named the former Regent of Pesawaran Dendi Ramadhona as a suspect in the alleged corruption case of the Physical Special Allocation Fund (DAK) for Drinking Water and Expansion of the Drinking Water Supply System (SPAM) for the 2022 Fiscal Year.

"We have named five suspects in the SPAM Pesawaran case for Fiscal Year 2022," said Assistant for Special Crimes at the Lampung Attorney General's Office, Armen Wijaya, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, October 28.

He said that the suspects who had been named were the former regional head in Lampung Province and the Head of the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) of Pesawaran Regency ZF, then three other people were suspected of being private parties who borrowed the company's flag to work on the DAK project.

"The determination of the suspect's status was announced after investigators from the Lampung Special Crimes Division found sufficient evidence in the investigation of the case," he said.

Armen explained that this case began in 2021 when the Pesawaran Regency Government through the Public Housing and Settlement Areas (Perkim) submitted a proposal for a Physical DAK for Drinking Water worth Rp. 10 billion to the Ministry of PUPR.

"From that total, the Ministry approved IDR 8.2 billion for the implementation of the 2022 budget. However, the PUPR Service actually carried out the project on the grounds of organizational structure change," he said.

He said that in practice, the PUPR Service made new plans that were different from the initial plans that had been approved by the Ministry of PUPR. As a result of these changes, the results of the implementation in the field did not match the goals of the national program.

"So that the state was harmed because the target of providing drinking water services was not achieved," said Armen.

He said that the former Pesawaran Regent and Head of PUPR Office were suspected of having a role in the arrangement and implementation of the SPAM project.

"The five suspects were charged with Article 2 Paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 18 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001, in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) of the 1st Criminal Code, as well as the subsidiary of Article 3 of the same law," he said.

For the purposes of the investigation, he continued, all suspects are now being detained for the next 20 days at the Way Hui Detention Center and the Bandar Lampung Police Detention Center.

"Investigators have also confiscated a number of evidences, including other cars, bags, land certificates, and project documents allegedly related to the corruption crime. We continue to explore the flow of funds and are committed to taking firm action against every innovative state finances," he said.