After Money Changer Surabaya, The KPK Found A Money Exchange Document Regarding The Old Sahat Bribery Case

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The KPK has secured a document on the exchange of a sum of money allegedly related to the bribery case for the management of grant funds from the East Java APBD with the suspect, Deputy Chairman of the East Java DPRD, Sahat Tua, P. Simandjuntak.

The Head of the KPK News Section, Ali Fikri, said that the document was secured after the KPK investigating team searched the money exchange office (money changer) in the city of Surabaya, East Java, Thursday, December 22 yesterday.

"At the money changer office, it was found and secured by the money exchange document which is strongly suspected to be related to this bribery case," said Ali, Friday, December 23.

In addition to the money exchange office, the KPK also searched three other locations, Thursday, namely the East Java Province Public Housing, Settlement and Human Settlements Office; Office of the East Java Provincial Water Resources Public Works Office; and Office of the East Java Province Highways Public Works Office.

From these three locations, the KPK investigating team secured various documents and electronic devices related to grant funds from the East Java Provincial Budget.

"Furthermore, analysis and confiscation will be carried out immediately to complete the investigation case file," Ali added.

Previously, Monday (19/12) and Tuesday (20/12), the KPK secured a number of documents and more than Rp1 billion after searching the East Java Provincial DPRD Building. The search was carried out in the office of the chairman of the East Java Provincial DPRD, the deputy chairman of the East Java Provincial DPRD, several commissions, and factions.

On Wednesday (21/12), the KPK searched the East Java Governor's Office, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, namely the governor's office, deputy governor, regional secretary, and regional secretariat offices, the East Java Regional Financial and Asset Management Agency (BPKAD), and the East Java Regional Development Planning Agency (Bappeda).

During the search, the KPK secured various documents for the preparation of the East Java Provincial Budget and a number of electronic evidence.

Apart from Sahat Tua, as the recipient of the bribe, the KPK has also named three other suspects in the case. They are the staff of STPS expert Rusdi (RS), the Head of Jelgung Village, Robatal District, Sampang Regency, as well as the coordinator of the community group (pokmas) Abdul Hamid (AH), as well as the field coordinator Ilham Wahyudi (IW) alias Eeng.