Campaign Team of Syah Afandin Secures 85 Projects Worth Rp10.2 Billion in Langkat

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has stated that Yaqub Abdhal Al Mu’arif, a campaign team member for Langkat Regent Syah Afandin during the 2024 regional election, secured 85 project packages within the Langkat Regency Government worth Rp10.2 billion. “In 2025, YQB, a private party and campaign team member for SAF during the 2024 regional election, obtained project work packages at the Langkat Education Office and the Housing and Settlement Office through a direct procurement method,” said Acting Director of KPK Investigation Achmad Taufik Husein at the KPK’s Merah Putih Building in Jakarta on Friday evening. Taufik explained that the 85 projects consisted of 80 work packages at the Langkat Education Office worth Rp9.5 billion, and five work packages at the Langkat Housing and Settlement Office worth Rp748 million. However, he stated that Yaqub had to provide compensation for working on these dozens of projects to Syah Afandin, also known as Ondim. According to him, Ondim requested a 10 percent fee for the Education Office projects and 17 percent for the Housing and Settlement Office projects. Previously, the KPK conducted a sting operation in Langkat, Binjai, and Medan, North Sumatra, on 2 July 2026. In the operation, the KPK arrested Ondim, a civil servant in the Langkat Regency, and five individuals from the private sector. On 3 July 2026, the KPK named Ondim and his former campaign team member, Yaqub Abdhal Al Mu’arif, as suspects in an alleged bribery case related to projects within the Langkat Regency Government for the 2025-2026 period. Ondim is suspected of receiving bribe money from Yaqub amounting to Rp800 million out of a total agreement of Rp1.117 billion.