KPK's Quick Action In The Case Of East Kolaka Regent Andi Merya, Today Searched Several Locations

Regent of East Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra), Andi Mery Nur/ Antara

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) moved quickly to search a number of places in East Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi. This was done to investigate the alleged bribery that ensnared the East Kolaka Regent Andi Merya Nur and the East Kolaka BPBD Head Anzarullah.

"(Today, ed) we have conducted a search," said KPK Deputy for Enforcement and Execution Karyoto, quoted from the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Thursday, September 23.

Although moving quickly, Karyoto refused to specify which locations were the targets of the search. The reason, this kind of information is classified as confidential.

Moreover, said Karyoto, this kind of search depends on the findings and information on the involvement of certain parties.

"Usually this search will see the information that comes in, the colleagues won't ask, it's involved, it's involved. It's too premature for us to say that," he said.

After being caught by OTT on Tuesday, September 21, the KPK finally named the East Kolaka Regent Andi Merya Nur and the East Kolaka BPBD Head Anzarullah as suspects.

Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, said that the case began in March and last August. At that time, Andi Merya and Anzarullah prepared a proposal for a BNPB grant in the form of rehabilitation and reconstruction funds and ready-to-use funds.

"Then in early September 2021, AMN and AZR came to the Central BNPB in Jakarta to deliver a presentation related to the application for logistics and equipment grants, where the East Kolaka Regency Government received BNPB grants, namely Relocation and Reconstruction Grants worth Rp. 26.9 billion and Ready Fund Grants. Use Rp. 12.1 billion," said Ghufron.

Furthermore, Anzarullah asked Andi Merya so that the project whose funds came from the BNPB grant was carried out by trusted people and other parties who assisted in the disbursement process.

There were two projects that Anzarullah had asked him to do. The project is a package of spending on consulting services for planning a bridge work for 2 units in Ueesi Sub-district worth Rp. 714 million and planning for consulting services for the construction of 100 housing units in Uluiwoi Sub-district worth Rp. 175 million.

On the request, Andi Merya agreed and Anzarullah will provide a fee of 30 percent.

"Furthermore, AMN ordered AZR to coordinate directly with Dewa Made Ratmawan, the Head of the ULP Division to process the consultant's auction planning work and upload it to LPSE so that the company owned by AZR and/or the AZR group was won and appointed as a consultant to plan the work of the 2 projects in question," explained Ghufron.

Next, Andi Merya also asked for Rp250 million for the two projects and Anzarullah handed over Rp25 million first. "Meanwhile, the remaining Rp225 million agreed to be handed over to AMN's private house," he said.