TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigating four people in connection with the alleged affair corruption regarding subsidies to community groups in the East Java local budget for the 2021-2022 fiscal years.

The four individuals are members of the Probolinggo District DPRD for the period 2024-2029, Moch. Mahrus; entrepreneurs H.ABD. Motollib and Ahmad Jailani; and a private sector employee, Mr. Fathullah.

“The investigation took place at the KPK Merah Putih Building,” said KPK Spokesperson Tessa Mahardhika Sugiarto in an official statement on Monday, October 28, 2024.

According to Tessa, KPK is looking into the roles played by four individuals in grant applications and disbursements to community groups, as well as alleged money transfers to other suspects.

KPK named 21 suspects in total for this alleged corruption case in the East Java provincial government. While four were accused of receiving bribes, the rest were accused of offering bribes.

KPK also explained that three of the four alleged bribe recipients are state officials, while the other is a staff member of a state official. As for the other suspects, 2 are state officials and 15 are from the private sector.

The anti-graft agency also searched ten houses or buildings in Surabaya City, Bangkalan District, Pamekasan District, Sampang District and Sumenep District for this case. The searches were carried out from September 30 to October 3, 2024.

The subsidy fund corruption case in the East Java Provincial Government is the development of another case involving East Java DPRD Deputy Chairman Sahat Tua Parlindungan Simanjuntak. He was sentenced to 9 years in prison and a fine of Rp 1 billion, alternatively to 6 months in prison, on September 26, 2023. The senior Golkar Party politician was also fined Rp 39.5 billion. compensation.

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