6 corruption suspects consisting of North Penajam Paser District Head Abdul Gafur are presented at the Corruption Removal Commission (KPK) building in Jakarta on January 13,2022 (Beritasatu Photo/Muhammad Aulia)
BY: THE JAKARTA GLOBE
JANUARY 13, 2022
Jakarta. The leader of an East Kalimantan district where the national federal government strategies to construct the new nationwide capital was named corruption suspect on Thursday after he was detained at a Jakarta mall for apparently accepting allurements.
Abdul Gafur Mas’ ud, the head of North Penajam Paser district, was detained by detectives of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) during a raid in South Jakarta on Wednesday.
KPK Deputy Chairman Alexander Marwata stated Abdul was put in custody in addition to 10 other individuals for preliminary examination.
” We secured Rp 1 billion worth of banknotes, a checking account book with Rp 447 million in balance, and shopping products throughout the raid,” Alexander stated at a news conference in Jakarta.
5 other people were also called suspects consisting of district secretary Mulyadi, public works department head Edi Hasmoro, education department head Jusman, Democratic Party political leader Nur Afifah Balqis, and business owner Achmad Zuhdi.
The KPK declared that the district head, his subordinates, and the politician have accepted kickback money from Achmad, whose company was granted a roadway building and construction job worth Rp 64 billion in North Penajam Paser.
Abdul is the second regional leader to be named corruption suspect by the KPK in the previous week, following the arrest of Bekasi Mayor Rahmat Effendi.
Relocating the national capital from highly-congested Jakarta to East Kalimantan was the central style in President Joko Widodo’s project prior to his reelection.
The president has published the plan of the new capital that will occupy a new area that traverses North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara districts in East Kalimantan, inhabiting an overall location of around 180,000 hectares.
The capital relocation job is expected to cost the federal government around $33 billion, 19 percent of which is to be spent for by the state budget and the rest by regional and foreign investors.
The president just recently released the State Palace style for the new capital.
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