East Java Grant Fund Case, 3 DPR Members Anwar Sadad Suspects Detained by the KPK 

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained three suspects of giving bribes to the DPR RI Member of the Gerindra Party Faction Anwar Sadad related to the management of community group grant funds in East Java.

Those detained were Achmad Yahya (AY) and M Fathullah (MF) as private parties from Pasuruan Regency, and Ra. Wahid Ruslan (RWR) as a private party from Bangkalan Regency. The bribe was given when Anwar Sadad was the Head of the East Java Provincial DPRD.

"The three suspects were detained for the first 20 days, from July 22 to August 10, 2026 at the KPK Red and White Building Branch Detention Center," said Acting Director of KPK Investigation Achmad Taufik Husein at a press conference at the KPK Red and White Building, South Jakarta, Wednesday, July 22.

In addition to the three of them, the KPK should have detained the East Java DPRD Member of the PKB Faction, Mochammad Mahrus, who had been named a suspect. However, Mahrus was not present and had given confirmation.

"The person concerned has confirmed that he cannot attend the examination because there is another agenda that has been scheduled," said Taufik.

Taufik explained that this case was part of the second cluster in the development of the East Java grant corruption case. In total, the KPK has named 21 suspects who are divided into three clusters.

The first cluster had previously rolled in the trial with the defendant Hasanuddin as a member of the East Java DPRD, Jodi Pradana Putra, Sukar, and Wawan Kristiawan who had been convicted.

Meanwhile, former East Java DPRD Chairman Kusnadi was a suspect, but his legal status was dropped because he died. As for the suspect A. Royan has not been detained because he is ill.

Taufik revealed that this case began when Anwar Sadad, who was then the head of the East Java DPRD, received a grant from the East Java Provincial Government of Rp. 291.5 billion in the 2019-2022 period.

The details consist of Rp48.9 billion in 2019, Rp37.6 billion in 2020, Rp121.3 billion in 2021, and Rp83.7 billion in 2022.

"That from every quota of East Java Provincial Government grant funds in 2019-2022 which became the AS 'pot', he required the provision of a fee commitment of 15-20 percent to several Field Coordinators or East Java DPRD Members who asked for a shift in allocation between DPRD Members," said Taufik.

"As for the shift in quotas between DPRD Members, AS was carried out by MHD (Mahud) as a member of the East Java DPRD 2019-2024," he continued.

According to the KPK, the field coordinator who was willing to pay the commitment fee then formed a community group or used a certain institution to submit a grant proposal.

"Based on the agreement, the Korlap who will receive the 'quota' grant funds from the US will then submit a fee commitment of 20-25 percent," he said.

The fee commitment was allegedly given through three mechanisms, namely handed over in cash to Anwar Sadad, handed over in cash and transferred through his trusted person Bagus Wahyudiono, or paid to meet Anwar Sadad's personal needs.

"From the submission of the request for the fee commitment, AS received a fee of 20 percent, while BGS received a quota of 5 percent," explained Taufik.

The KPK also found the practice of cutting grant funds at the field coordinator level. According to Taufik, around 20 to 30 percent of the grant funds received by each community group are cut back so that the funds that are actually received by the community are only around 55 to 80 percent of the budget value.

In the scheme, AY, RWR, and MF allegedly carried out conditioning to obtain grant fund allocations in their respective areas by giving money to Anwar Sadad through Bagus Wahyudiono.

"Then, on the basis of the grant funds obtained by the US, AY, RWR, and MF conditioned to get a portion for their area. So that the US through BGS is suspected of receiving 'ijon' at least Rp. 6.9 billion from the three suspects in question," explained Taufik.

In detail, Achmad Yahya allegedly gave Rp1.87 billion to obtain a grant of Rp14.8 billion. Ra. Wahid Ruslan allegedly handed over Rp1.42 billion to obtain a grant of Rp28.9 billion. Meanwhile, M Fathullah allegedly gave Rp3.61 billion to get a grant allocation of Rp24 billion.

As a result of their actions, the three suspects are suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or letter b or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code. 1.