The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) suspects that the flow of\nfunds from PT Bara Kumala Sakti to DKI Jakarta councillor Bebizie Sri\nMulyati was not a singing fee.<\/p>\n
KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said at the KPK\u2019s Merah Putih Building\nin Jakarta on Tuesday that the money flow was suspected to be unrelated\nto Bebizie\u2019s profession as an artist.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe flow of funds from parties at PT BKS was not in the context of\nthe person concerned carrying out her profession as an artist. It was\nnot that, but there is an alleged flow of money that indeed had no\nconnection with the person concerned as an artist, such as a singing fee\nand so on,\u201d said Budi.<\/p>\n
The KPK then examined Bebizie as a witness in the alleged gratuity\ncase related to coal production on 13 August 2026.<\/p>\n
Budi said investigators had confirmed the alleged money flow to\nBebizie. During the examination, the person concerned reportedly\nadmitted to it and agreed to return the money to the KPK.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegarding that allegation, investigators have confirmed it with the\nperson concerned, and the person concerned then admitted and was willing\nto return the money,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs of now, the information is that there has been no repayment.\nInvestigators are still waiting regarding the repayment process from\nsister BBZ,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Previously, Bebizie said after undergoing examination at the KPK that\nshe had explained the singing fees she earned professionally after\nperforming at a number of events in East Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI explained that in 2017\u20132018 I sang several times in East\nKalimantan. There was a company that invited me,\u201d said Bebizie.<\/p>\n
The case is a development of a case that began when the KPK named\nKutai Kartanegara Regent Rita Widyasari, President Director of PT Sawit\nGolden Prima Hery Susanto Gun, and Commissioner of PT Media Bangun\nBersama Khairudin as suspects in an alleged gratuity case on 28\nSeptember 2017.<\/p>\n
The KPK then developed the case and on 16 January 2018 named Rita and\nKhairudin as suspects in alleged money laundering.<\/p>\n
On 19 February 2025, the KPK revealed the alleged receipt of funds by\nRita from the coal mining sector amounting to around 5 US dollars per\nmetric tonne of coal.<\/p>\n
In the latest development, on 19 February 2026, the KPK named three\ncorporations as suspects in the alleged gratuity case related to coal\nproduction in Kutai Kartanegara.<\/p>\n
The three corporations are PT Sinar Kumala Naga, PT Alamjaya Bara\nPratama, and PT Bara Kumala Sakti.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kpk-suspects-money-flow-to-bebizie-was-not-singing-fee-1787065509", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }