After The Mayor Yana Mulyana Got OTT, The Head Of The District Head To The Sub-district Head In Bandung Emergency Meeting

Bandung City Regional Secretary Ema Sumarna at the Bandung Mayor's Building (Doc. Antara)

The heads of offices (kadis) to officials under him in the Bandung City Government, West Java, immediately had an emergency meeting. This was done after the Mayor of Bandung, Yana Mulyana, was caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT) by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

Since Saturday at 10.00 WIB, the Bandung City Hall Building was visited by service heads, heads of fields, heads of sections, and sub-district heads. They were collected directly by the Bandung City Secretary Ema Sumarna.

"I knew that in the morning at around 06.00 WIB, I tried to strengthen our mental side, our moral side, let alone attached to the position I hold, I took the initiative today to gather all my friends, including expert staff, Kadis, Kabid, Kaban, assistants, and sub-district heads in Bandung," said Ema Sumarna at Bandung City Hall quoting Antara, Saturday, April 15.

Ema Sumarna explained that this intention is to strengthen each other in order to maintain the psychology of the state apparatus in the regions so that it does not decrease until it affects the service.

"Because no matter what happens, government administration must continue to be carried out, and the priority is that public services must not be disrupted," said Ema Sumarna.

In addition, Ema also explained that this emergency meeting was also to prepare various events and activities whose services had to continue.

Lebaran 2023, for example, how it deals with homecoming and backflow, then how to optimize health and security, then optimize community empowerment, including food security in Bandung.

Regarding Yana's arrest, Ema Sumarna said that her party was still waiting for an official statement from the KPK.

It is known that the Mayor of Bandung, Yana Mulyana, was caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT) by the KPK on Friday (14/4) night.

The KPK said the OTT was in the context of taking action against the alleged corruption case of bribery in the procurement of CCTV and internet network provider services.

During the operation, the KPK also arrested several other people separately, then officers took them to Jakarta to undergo further examination.