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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will investigate the possibility of Pemalang Regent Agung Mukti accepting bribes to pay political costs. Moreover, his wealth decreased to Rp. 7.75 billion in the latest state administrator's wealth report (LHKPN).

In 2020, Mukti was recorded to have assets of IDR 8,991,495,564. But after he took office, his wealth dropped to Rp1,238,068,102.

"We will investigate the political costs, whether there really are. That this MAW brother (collecting political costs, ed) because he was carried by a coalition of political parties when he was running for office, we will also investigate," said KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri quoted from the KPK RI YouTube. , Monday, August 15.

Firli said the possibility of Mukti raising money to occupy her current position is very likely. Moreover, Mukti previously sat as deputy regent.

However, the former Deputy for Enforcement of the KPK did not want to speculate further. The reason is that, from the initial examination, the bribes from the sale and purchase of positions as well as from private parties that Mukti received were apparently used for her personal needs.

"For now, we are going to find (money for, ed) his personal interests," said Firli.

As previously reported, Mukti was named a suspect along with five other people. They are the Commissioner of PD Aneka Usaha Adi Jumal Wibowo; Acting Secretary of Pemalang Regency Slamet Masduki; Head of BPBD Sugiyanto; Head of Kominfo Pemalang District Yanuarius Nitbani; and the Head of Public Works of Pemalang Regency, Mohammad Saleh.

The six suspects were caught by OTT when they left the DPR RI Building on Thursday, August 11. It is suspected that there was a meeting between Mukti and her entourage with someone.

In this case, Mukti is suspected of setting a tariff of between Rp. 60 million and Rp. 350 million for bidders for positions in Pemalang Regency. The payment was made through Adi and the amount reached Rp4 billion.

In addition, Mukti is also suspected of receiving money from the private sector. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that the total receipts reached Rp. 2.1 billion.


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