JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has developed allegations of extortion that ensnared the former Riau Governor Abdul Wahid. One new suspect has been appointed, namely Marjani who served as an aide.
KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said Marjani was a suspect after investigators collected post-operation evidence of a hand-in-hand arrest (OTT). He is suspected of violating Article 12 letter e of the Corruption Law in conjunction with Article 20 letter c of Law No. 1 of 2023 (Criminal Code) for allegedly participating in extortion.
"MJN is suspected of having committed acts together with the governor in the alleged extortion related to project budgets at the PUPR service of the Riau Province," Budi told reporters in a written statement quoted by Antara, Tuesday, March 10.
Even so, Budi did not specify when the investigation order (sprindik) for the determination of the suspect Marjani was issued. However, he conveyed the status after investigators examined a number of witnesses on Monday, March 9.
The witnesses examined were Abdul Wahid; Head of the PUPR Office of the Riau Provincial Government, Muh Arief Setiawan; and Expert in the Field of Bapeda of the Riau Provincial Government, Dani M Nursalam. The three of them have already been status as suspects in this case.
As previously reported, the KPK has named three suspects in alleged extortion related to the addition of the 2025 budget allocated to the I-VI Regional Road and Bridge Unit of the PUPR PKPP Service. They are the Governor of Riau Abdul Wahid; M. Arief Setiawan as Head of the Public Works, Spatial Planning, Housing, Residential Areas and Land Agency (PUPR PKPP) of the Riau Province; and Dani M. Nursalam as an expert of the Governor of Riau.
Abdul Wahid et al. became suspects after being caught in a hand-in-hand operation (OTT) on Monday, November 3. They have been detained for the first 20 days until November 23, 2025.
This case began when there was an addition to the 2025 budget allocated to the I-VI Regional Road and Bridge UPT of the PKPP PUPR Service, which was originally Rp. 71.6 billion to Rp. 177.4 billion.
It is suspected that there is an ability to provide a fee of 2.5 percent which was then discussed in a cafe in the Pekanbaru City area, Riau. The discussion was carried out between Ferry Yunanda as the Secretary of the PUPR PKPP Office together with six UPT.
Then Ferry conveyed the results of the meeting to M. Arief as Head of the PUPR Office of the Riau PKPP and representative of Abdul Wahid. But, Arief actually asked for 5 percent or Rp7 billion and threatened to remove the Head of the UPT who did not deposit.
As a result of their actions, the suspects violated the provisions in article 12e and/or article 12f and/or article 12B of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption Crimes jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
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