Knock! Mardani Maming Loses Against KPK In Pretrial

JAKARTA - The pretrial proposed by former Tanah Bumbu Regent Mardani H. Maming was rejected by the South Jakarta District Court (PN) judges.

Mardani registered a pretrial lawsuit at the South Jakarta District Court after he was named by the KPK as a suspect in alleged bribery and gratification for a mining business permit in Tanah Bumbu Regency, South Kalimantan.

"Declaring the applicant's pretrial is unacceptable", said Sole Judge Hendra Utama Sutardodo at the South Jakarta District Court, Wednesday, July 27.

All of Mardani's requests in this pretrial were rejected. The reason is that the KPK has worked according to the applicable procedures in the process of determining the suspect.

Not only that, but the judge also considered that the pretrial proposed by Mardani touched the main area of corruption allegations. With this decision, the General Treasurer of the Nahdlatul Ulama Executive Board (PBNU) remains a suspect.

"Setting zero case fees", said Hendra.

Mardani H. Maming filed a pretrial because he felt he was criminalized after being named a suspect in the alleged bribery and gratification of the mining business permit (IUP) in Tanah Bumbu, South Kalimantan.

Previously, he was named a suspect after being prevented from going abroad by the Directorate General of Immigration at the request of the KPK. Before being named a suspect, Mardani had also been questioned.

However, after being questioned, Mardani admitted that he was asked for information regarding his problem with the owner of PT Jhonlin Group Samsudin Andi Arsyad alias Haji Isam.

Even so, Maming's name was once said to have received Rp 89 billion in money in a trial for alleged bribery of a mining business license (IUP) in Tanah Bumbu Regency which was held at the Tipikor Court, Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan (Kalsel).

This allegation was conveyed by the younger brother of former President Director of PT Prolindo Cipta Nusantara (PCN) Henry Soetio, Christian Soetio. At that time, Christian claimed to know that there was a flow of funds to the former Regent of Tanah Bumbu Mardani H Maming through PT Permata Abadi Raya (PAR) and PT Trans Surya Perkasa (TSP).

The money transfer has been going on since 2014. The amount of tens of billions of rupiah is referred to as the amount quoted based on PT PCN's financial statements.