At The Trial, The Contractor Admitted To Handing Over Money To The South Kalimantan HSU Regent In An Instant Noodle Card

The trial of the inactive HSU Regent, Abdul Wahid, who presented four witnesses, Monday (23/5/2022). BETWEEN/WORDS

BANJARMASIN - A contractor who testified to Ahmad Syarif in his testimony at the trial for the inactive defendant of the North Hulu Sungai (HSU) Regent, Abdul Wahid, admitted that the project commission money amounting to billions of rupiah for the regent was handed over in an instant noodle box.

"In 2020, I was asked by the HSU PUPRP Service to collect commission money from a number of contractors who won the auction worth Rp. 1.7 billion and handed it over to the HSU regent's aide named Abdul Latif," Syarif said in testimony at the Banjarmasin Corruption Court, South Kalimantan, as reported by Antara. , Monday, May 23.

He along with two other witnesses Didi Bukhari and Taufikurrahman claimed to have won a number of projects through an auction mechanism from 2018 to 2021 at the HSU PUPRP Service.

The agreed commissions ranged from 9 to 15 percent before the auction was carried out until they were finally won from various work projects in the Water Resources, Highways and Human Settlements Department of PUPR HSU.

One of them is a commission of Rp. 800 million from the Alabio Market development project in HSU Regency with a ceiling of Rp. 8 billion.

Bukhari said the commission money was deducted from their profits as contractors who won the work so that it did not affect the quality of project work. "So the profit after deducting the commission remains 10 percent," he said.

Meanwhile, another witness, Mujib, also admitted that he played a role in collecting and submitting the commission. But he only works on direct appointment projects and does not give commissions.

After examining the four witnesses, the panel of judges chaired by Yusriansyah closed the trial to be held again on Monday next week (30/5).

In the case resulting from the KPK's arrest operation, besides being charged with corruption in the case of sharing irrigation project fees at the PUPRP HSU Service, the KPK prosecutor also faces money laundering charges.

The former Acting Head of PUPRP HSU, Maliki, has been sentenced by a panel of judges to six years in prison. Meanwhile, two contractors, Marhaini and Fachriadi, were sentenced to one year and nine months in prison and a fine of Rp. 50 million.