Examine Deputy Regent, KPK Explores Alleged Special Intervention Of Bintan Regent In Proposed Cigarette-Liquor Quota

Illustration-KPK Building (Photo: DOK VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continues to investigate allegations of corruption in the regulation of goods subject to vinegar in the Free Trade Area and Free Port (KPBPB) of the Bintan Regency 2016-2018. Including, exploring the special interventions carried out by the inactive Bintan Regent, Apri Sujadi.

This was done by examining a total of 11 witnesses, including the Deputy Regent of Bintan Dalmasari on Monday, September 6 and Tuesday, September 7 at the Tanjung Pinang Police Station, Tanjung Pinang City.

"All witnesses were present and their knowledge was examined, among others, related to the alleged special intervention from the US over the proposal for a quota of cigarettes and alcoholic beverages in the BP Bintan area", KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement Affairs, Ali Fikri, told reporters, Wednesday, September 8.

The witnesses examined were the staff of the Secretariat for Industry and Trade and Investment of the Bintan Concession Agency for the Bintan Regency, Yulis Helen Romaidauli; entrepreneur from PT Anugerah Sukses, Ganda Tua Sihombing; and entrepreneur PT Nano Logistics, Mulyadi Tan.

Next, the KPK examined former member of the Bintan Regency Regional House of Representatives, Muhammad Yatir; Deputy Regent of Bintan Dalmasari; private sector named Budianto; Director of PT Berlian Inti Sukses, PT Batam Shellindo Pratama, and PT Karya Putri Makmur named Aman; Head of Control of Basic Goods and Important Goods of the Bintan Regency Industry and Trade Office, Setia Kurniawan; and two directors of CV Three Star Bintan Bobby Susanto and Agus.

Finally, the KPK also examined the Head of the Regional Library and Archives Service of Bintan Regency, Edi Pribadi, and a private party named Mulyadi Tan.

In this case, Apri was named a suspect by the KPK together with the Acting Head of the Bintan KPBPB Concession Agency Moh Saleh H Umar. Both were detained in different KPK detention centers for the next 20 days until August 31.

Apri was detained at the Red and White Building branch of the KPK Rutan while his subordinate Moh Saleh was detained at the KPK Rutan Kavling C1 ACLC Building. In this case, Apri allegedly received IDR 6.3 billion in money in 2017-2018 while Moh Saleh Umar received IDR 800 million. As a result, the actions of the suspects are alleged to have harmed the state's finances by up to IDR 250 billion.