KPK Endus Former Director General Of The Ministry Of Home Affairs Asks For Money For The Management Of PEN Funds To Other Regions

The KPK has detained the former Director General of Regional Financial Development of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri), Mochamad Ardian Noervianto./PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that the former Director General (Dirjen) of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri), Mochamad Ardian Noervianto, has not only once accepted bribes related to the management of regional national economic recovery funds (PEN) loans.

KPK Deputy Chair Alexander Marwata promised to explore the possibility of a similar request made by Ardian to other regional heads.

"It will certainly be carried out by investigators, clarification will be carried out, confirmation will be carried out, of course accompanied by the collection of evidence from the available information," Alexander said as quoted by the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Thursday, February 3.

Alexander said that later the KPK would also explore a number of matters related to the regional PEN fund loan. Including, exploring how many recommendation letters have been issued regarding the loan.

"Once again, it will also be investigated to what extent the loans for national economic recovery from PT SMI have been issued, how many letters of recommendation have been issued, of course that will also be investigated later, and whether the pattern is the same will certainly be investigated," he said.

It didn't stop there, Alexander said that investigators would investigate Ardian's involvement in other alleged crimes. Moreover, the name of the former Ministry of Home Affairs official was mentioned in the trial of the former Governor of South Sulawesi, Nurdin Abdullah.

Ardian is said to have asked for a fee from a project in the South Sulawesi Provincial Government.

"If the NA case is mentioned in the trial process, it will be followed up at the time of the investigation," he said.

As previously reported, Ardian was named a suspect along with two other people. They are the inactive East Kolaka Regent Andi Merya Nur, who is also a suspect in the alleged bribery receipts, and the Head of the Muna Laode Regency Environment Agency, M. Syukur Akbar.

He is suspected of accepting bribes of Rp. 1.5 billion in Singapore dollars. Andi Merya Nur gave the money through Laode M Syukur.

Of the Rp2 billion, Ardian received Rp1.5 billion while Laode M Syukur received Rp500 million.

For his actions, Ardian as a suspect in receiving bribes together with Laode M Syukur was suspected of violating Article 12 letter a or Article 12 letter b or Article 11 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to the Law. Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) to 1 of the Criminal Code.

Meanwhile, Andi as the giver is suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or b or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Crimes. Corruption Crime.