The Bribery Of The Deputy Chairperson Of The East Java DPRD Will Be Tried Immediately

Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri (Photo: Wardhany T/VOI)

JAKARTA - The bribery of the Deputy Chairperson of the East Java DPRD, Sahat Tua, P. Simandjuntak, Abdul Hamid and Ilham Wahyudi will soon be tried. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said the Community Group Coordinator (Pokmas) files had been compiled and transferred to the public prosecutor (JPU). "The suspect and evidence have been handed over, stage two with suspect AH et al as the bribe giver for the suspect STPS et al from the investigating team to the prosecutor's team," said Head of the KPK News Section Ali Fikri to reporters, Friday, February 10. The detention of the two has now been transferred to the Class I Detention Center in Surabaya. Hamid and Ilham will be detained for the first 20 days until March 1. Furthermore, the prosecutor's team just needs to prepare an indictment. The trial of the alleged bribery of grant funds in East Java is planned to be held at the Corruption Court at the Surabaya District Court. "Within 14 working days, the delegation of case files and indictments to the Corruption Court at the Surabaya District Court will be carried out immediately," said Ali. In this case, Sahat was named a suspect along with three other people. They are the expert staff, Rusdi; Abdul Hamid who is the Head of Jelgung Village, Robatal District, Sampang Regency who is also the Coordinator of the Community Group; and Ilham Wahyudi alias Eeng who is the Coordinator of Pokmas Field. The determination of Sahat and three other suspects was made after they were caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT) on Wednesday, December 14. This action is based on information from the public who know about the handover of money related to the management of the allocation of grant funds. This Golkar Party politician is suspected of offering assistance to expedite the proposal for grant funds, which in total reached Rp7.8 trillion. This award is intended for bodies, institutions, community organizations in the East Java Provincial Government. Sahat received from 2021 and continued until 2022 and then agreed to help for 2023 and 2024. The money he received allegedly reached IDR 5 billion.