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    "data": {
        "id": 1839865,
        "msgid": "kpk-says-langkat-regent-received-rp800-million-in-project-bribes-1783104643",
        "date": "2026-07-04 01:17:50",
        "title": "KPK Says Langkat Regent Received Rp800 Million in Project Bribes",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has revealed that Langkat Regent Syah Afandin received Rp800 million in bribes from a total agreed sum of Rp1.117 billion. The payments were allegedly made by a former campaign team member in exchange for securing projects at the Education and Housing Agencies. The KPK arrested the regent and the intermediary in a sting operation in North Sumatra on 2 July 2026.",
        "content": "<p>The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has stated that Langkat\nRegent Syah Afandin, also known as Ondim, has received Rp800 million in\nalleged bribe money from a total agreed sum of Rp1.117 billion. Acting\nKPK Director of Investigations Achmad Taufik Husein explained that the\ncase began when Ondim\u2019s former campaign team member during the 2024\nregional election, Yaqub Abdhal Al Mu\u2019arif, secured 80 projects at the\nLangkat Regency Education Agency and five projects at the Housing and\nSettlement Agency in 2025. For these projects, Ondim demanded a fee of\n10 percent from each Education Agency project and 17 percent from\nHousing and Settlement Agency projects. An agreement was subsequently\nreached for a sum of Rp990 million for the Education Agency projects and\nRp126.8 million for the Housing and Settlement Agency projects,\nprojecting Ondim to receive a total of around Rp1.1 billion. As of 5\nApril 2026, Yaqub had handed over a total of Rp800 million to Ondim. The\nmoney was distributed through Ondim\u2019s driver, identified by the initials\nZK, who received Rp500 million in two transfers during 2025, a further\nRp150 million through an intermediary in May 2025, and another Rp150\nmillion in April 2026. Ondim had only recently requested the remaining\nbalance of approximately Rp300 million at the end of June 2026. The KPK\nconducted a sting operation in Langkat, Binjai, and Medan, North\nSumatra, on 2 July 2026, and named both Ondim and Yaqub Abdhal Al\nMu\u2019arif as suspects the following day.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kpk-says-langkat-regent-received-rp800-million-in-project-bribes-1783104643",
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