Former BUMD Director Detained After Skipping Summons Three Times

After skipping three summonses from investigators, the Bekasi Regency Prosecutor’s Office finally detained the former Director of Operations of Perumda, or the regional-owned enterprise (BUMD) Tirta Bhagasasi, with the initials AEZ, 35, on Monday (10/8).

AEZ had previously been named a suspect in an alleged corruption case involving the installation of customer connections for the 2024-2025 period, with state losses amounting to Rp4.5 billion.

“Investigators have detained suspect AEZ starting today for the next 20 days at the Class IIA Cikarang Prison,” said the Head of the Bekasi Regency Prosecutor’s Office, Semeru, in Cikarang, as quoted on Tuesday (11/8).

AEZ is the third suspect in the case. Two other suspects, with the initials MSB and RF, who served as heads of the marketing division at the BUMD, were detained earlier on 30 July 2026.

Prosecutors suspect that the three suspects committed acts that benefited or enriched themselves or others, resulting in state financial losses of Rp4.5 billion.

The chief prosecutor said the case began with applications for clean water network installations by 21 prospective customers from the household, office, and business sectors.

According to investigators, the marketing division then set installation fees for new networks and customer connections at amounts above company regulations.

Prospective customers who needed water services ultimately paid these fees into a special account that investigators say was prepared to collect the payments.

Prosecutors suspect that the money entering the account was then used for personal interests, benefiting the parties involved.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Special Crimes Section at the Bekasi Regency Prosecutor’s Office, Ronald Thomas Mendrofa, added that AEZ had previously failed to comply with three summonses from investigators, namely when called as a witness on 30 July and as a suspect on 3 and 6 August 2026.

“The suspect, through his advocate, then conveyed that he would comply with the investigator’s summons today, and after being examined, we immediately detained him,” he said.

Investigators have charged the three suspects under Article 12 letter e in conjunction with Article 18 of the Corruption Eradication Law as well as related provisions in the Criminal Code. The Bekasi Regency Prosecutor’s Office is now preparing to transfer the case files to public prosecutors for further legal proceedings.