The Chairman Of The DKI DPRD Has Opened His Voice Regarding His Office Was Ransacked By The KPK

Chairman of the DKI DPRD Prasetyo Edi Marsudi. (Between)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Prasetyo Edi Marsudi, opened his voice regarding the search of the DKI DPRD office on Jalan Kebon Sirih, Central Jakarta, this afternoon. Prasetyo admitted that he did not know the purpose of the KPK's arrival at his office, including what cases the anti-corruption agency was investigating. What is clear, this PDIP politician emphasized that he supports the investigation process. "As Chair of the DPRD, I fully support the investigation process carried out by the KPK," said Prasetyo in a written statement, Tuesday, January 17. Furthermore, Prasetyo claimed that the entire budgeting process in the DKI Jakarta DPRD was carried out transparently and openly to the public. "I open all Banggar meetings, open to the public. Anyone can watch. In this case, the implementation of the budget is fully carried out by the executive, the DPRD runs the budgeting process without intervening," he said. For information, this afternoon the KPK team came to the DKI DPRD building at around 15.30 WIB. Security officers at the DKI Jakarta DPRD were also tightened. Media crews are also prohibited from entering the building for any reason. Based on information circulating, the KPK searched a number of rooms, including the Commission C room for the Finance Division of the DKI Jakarta DPRD to the DKI Jakarta DPRD Faction room. During this search, the KPK tried to find evidence of alleged corruption in land acquisition in Pulogebang, Cakung, East Jakarta by Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya in 2018-2019. It is suspected that there has been a state loss of up to hundreds of billions of rupiah. However, the calculation is still ongoing. In addition, the anti-corruption commission has not announced the suspect in this case. The announcement will be made after all the evidence is collected. Today's search was also confirmed by the KPK. "It is true, there was a search activity related to the collection of evidence of alleged corruption in land acquisition in Pulogebang," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters. However, Ali did not want to specify what evidence the investigators found. He only said the findings obtained would be submitted to the public in due course. "We will convey the progress again," he said.