The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Has Officially Detained The Acting Regent Of Sorong For Giving Money And Rolex Watches To Members Of The Southwest Papua BPK

KPK investigators showed evidence of Sorong Regent Yan Piet's gratification at the KPK building, Tuesday, November 14, (Tsa Tsia/VOI)

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officially detained Acting Regent Sorong Yan Piet Mosso after being caught in a hand arrest operation (OTT) on Sunday night, November 12.

He was detained after giving hundreds of millions of rupiah and luxury Rolex branded watches through his subordinates to the Head of Subaud BPK of Southwestern Province Abu Hanifa and David Patasaung as the Chief Investigator.

"Investigators detained the suspects for the first 20 days starting from November 14, 2023 to December 3, 2023 at the KPK Detention Center," said KPK Chairman Firli Bahuri at a press conference at the KPK's Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Tuesday, November 14.

Apart from Yan, six other people were also detained. They are the Head of BPKAD Sorong Regency Efer Segidifat, BPKAD staff of Sorong Regency Maniel Syatfle, Head of BPK Representative for West Papua Province Patrice Lumumba Sihombing, Head of Subaud BPK of Southwest Province Abu Hanifa and David Patasaung as Head of the Audit.

Firli explained, this t-shirt began when the Indonesian BPK required financial examinations in all local governments. "One of them is in a new province, namely Southwest Papua," he said.

Then, a BPK leader is said to have issued a letter of assignment to carry out inspections for certain purposes (PDTT) outside of finance and performance checks. Patrice acts as the person in charge, Abu Hanifa as technical controller, and David as chairman.

As a result, this team received an irresponsible financial report. From here, Efer and Maniel then communicated with Abu Hanifa and David as Yan representatives in August 2023.

"The series of communications include giving some money so that the findings from the BPK Examining Team do not exist," said Firli.

Furthermore, the giving was carried out by moving around to outwit. "In turn, ES and MS handed over money to AH and DP," he explained.

Firli said Yan always received reports from two of his subordinates. Likewise Patrice, who knows about the handover of money from Abu Hanifa and David. This gift is done using a deposit code.

"As preliminary evidence, the money that YPM handed over through ES and MS to PLS, AH, and DP amounted to around Rp940 million and one Rolex watch. Meanwhile, PLS admissions together with AH and DP were also preliminary evidence of around Rp1.8 billion," he said.

In the future, investigators will continue to investigate whether or not there is other money related to this case. Case development will also be carried out.

"Regarding the amount of money given or received by the suspects, the investigative team is still conducting further investigations and deepening and of course it will be developed in the investigation," concluded Firli.