REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will question four members of the Jambi Provincial Legislative Assembly (DPRD) in connection with an alleged bribe for endorsement of Jambi's draft budget (RAPBD) for 2018.
"The four will be questioned as witnesses for suspect Saifudin," KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah said here on Tuesday.
The Four Jambi DPRD members are Chairman of Commission I Tadjuddin Hasan, Commission III members Man Check and H Parlagutan, and Commission IV member, Juber.
The anti-graft body has named four suspects related to the alleged bribery case, namely Supriono, a member of the DPRD 2014-2019; Acting Regional Secretary of Jambi Province Erwan Malik; Acting Head of Jambi's Public Works and Public Housing Service (PUPR) Arfan; and Area III Assistant to Jambi Regional Government, Saifudin.
The KPK had seized a total of Rp4.7 billion during its red-handed operation on the case some time ago.
It is believed that the money was used to bribe the DPRD members so that they would endorse the draft regional budget for 2018.
Previously, some DPRD members allegedly planned to skip the RAPBD 2018 draft budget meeting because of the lack of guarantee from the provincial government.
To smoothen the process of the meeting and the approval of the budget, efforts have allegedly been made to raise funds referred to as "uang ketok" (gavel money).
The fund raising was done with private companies that had previously become partners of the Jambi regional government.
On Tuesday morning (Nov 28), Arfan's men gave money, amounting to Rp3 billion, to Saifudin.
Saifudin then distributed the money to several members from different factions of the DPRD. The first amount, valued at Rp700 million, was handed over in the morning, the second, amounting to Rp600 million, was handed over on the same day, and third handover totaled Rp400 million.
Shortly after the transfer of the Rp400 million, the KPK arrested Saifudin and Supriono from a restaurant near a hospital in Jambi at around 2 p.m.
Erwan Malik, Arfan, and Saifudin are suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph 1 letter a or b or Article 13 of Law no. 31 of 1999 as amended by Law no. 20 Year 2001 on the Eradication of Corruption to article 55 paragraph-1 of the Criminal Code.
The alleged beneficiary, Supriono, is suspected of violating Article 12 Sub-Article a, or Article 12 Sub-Article b or Article 11 of Law Number 31 Year 1999, which is amended by Law No. 20 Year 2001 on Corruption Eradication of Article 55 paragraph (1) Criminal Code.
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