Severe! It Was Revealed That Nurdin Abdullah Received Rp. 300 Million From The South Sulawesi Account For Disaster Care

JAKARTA - The inactive governor of South Sulawesi, Nurdin Abdullah, has been charged with accepting bribes and gratuities from a number of contractors. Giving is done so that they get a project in the South Sulawesi Provincial Government.

From the indictment read by the Public Prosecutor of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Nurdin was recorded as receiving gratuity money through various accounts including the South Sulawesi Disaster Care account amounting to Rp300 million.

"On February 26, 2021, Rp. 300 million from the South Sulawesi Cares Disaster account at Bank Mandiri account number 1740099959991 in the name of South Sulawesi Cares Disasters whose funds were transferred through RTGS by Muhammad Ardi as Head of Bank Mandiri Makassar Panakkukang Branch," as quoted from the KPK prosecutor's indictment, read at the Makassar Corruption Court (Tipikor), South Sulawesi, Thursday, July 22.

In addition, Nurdin Abdullah is also said to have received Rp400 million from the Directors of PT Bank Sulselbar whose money came from the CSR funds of Bank Sulselbar. The admission took place on December 8th.

The account used to receive the money is at Bank Sulselbar in the name of the Pucak Mosque Management. Based on the indictment, this money was used for his benefit.

Previously reported, Nurdin Abdullah was charged with accepting bribes in the amount of Rp. 2.5 billion and S$150 thousand. Admissions are made directly or through the Secretary of the South Sulawesi Public Works and Spatial Planning (PUTR) Office, Edy Rahmat, in February 2021.

Meanwhile, for gratuities, he was charged with receiving up to IDR 6,587,600,000 and 200,000 Singapore dollars given by a number of contractors, namely Robert Wijoyo, Nurwadi Bin Pakki, Ferry Tanriady, Haeruddin, Petrus Yalim, and others. The granting of this gratuity took place from mid-2020 to February 2021.

For accepting bribes, Nurdin was charged with Article 12 letter a of Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 Paragraph (1) The 1st Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.

As for gratuities, he was charged with Article 11 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended by the Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law of the Republic of Indonesia Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph ( 1) 1st Criminal Code in conjunction with Article 64 Paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.