The former Head of the Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUPR) Office of North Sumatra Province, Topan Obaja Putra Ginting (42), a defendant in the alleged bribery of a road construction project, is scheduled to undergo an inaugural trial at the Medan District Court (PN) on Wednesday (19/11).
"The inaugural trial is scheduled for Wednesday 19 November 2025," said Medan District Court spokesman Soniady Drajat Sadarisman as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, November 17.
Soniady said the case was registered with Number: 167/Pid.Sus-TPK/2025/PN Mdn in the name of Typhoon Obaja Putra Ginting and Rasul Efendi Siregar. Meanwhile, the defendant's file Heliyanto is registered with Number: 168/Pid.Sus-TPK/2025/PN Mdn.
The inaugural trial is scheduled to read the indictment by the KPK Public Prosecutor, chaired by the Chairman of the Medan District Court Mardison.
"The composition of the panel of judges was chaired by Mr. Mardison, accompanied by Mr. As'ad Rahim Lubis and Mrs. Rurita Ningrum with each as member judges," he said.
This case began with a hand arrest operation (OTT) conducted by the KPK on June 26, 2025, related to allegations of corruption in road construction projects at the North Sumatra PUPR Service and the North Sumatra Region I National Road I I I I I I I I I Implementation Satker.
Two days after the OTT, the KPK named five suspects in two clusters, namely Typhoon Obaja Putra Ginting, Rasul Efendi Siregar, Heliyanto, and private parties Muhammad Akhirun Piliang, and Muhammad Rayhan Dulasmi Piliang.
Four projects in the first cluster were within the North Sumatra PUPR Service, while the other two projects were in the North Sumatra Region I PJN Satker, with a total work value of around Rp231.8 billion.
According to the KPK, Endun and Rayhan were suspected of giving bribes, while the recipients in the first cluster were Topan Ginting and Rasul Efendi Siregar, and in the second cluster was Heliyanto.
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