Head of Transportation Department in Padangsidimpuan Detained Over Rp432 Million Parking Fee Corruption
The Head of the Transportation Department (Kadishub) of Padangsidimpuan City, identified as AP, has been formally detained in a corruption case involving irregular parking management cooperation.
“The detention was carried out after investigators discovered two sufficient pieces of evidence to establish AP as a suspect,” said District Prosecutor Lambok MJ Sidabutar through the Intelligence Section Head of the Padangsidimpuan District Prosecutor’s Office, Jimmy Donova, on Friday (13 March).
He stated that AP was previously questioned as a witness by investigators at the North Sumatra High Prosecutor’s Office. Following examination, investigators discovered two sufficient pieces of evidence, establishing AP, as Head of the Padangsidimpuan City Transportation Department, as a suspect.
“The designation of suspect was based on Suspect Determination Letter Number: 05/L.2.15/Fd/01/2026 dated 11 March 2026,” he explained.
Jimmy elaborated that the case originated from alleged irregularities in the management of parking fees along public roads in Padangsidimpuan City. Under Padangsidimpuan City Regional Regulation Number 1 of 2024, the procedures for parking fee management cooperation should have been regulated further through a City Mayor Regulation.
“However, because this regulation had not been issued, AP is alleged to have created a tender mechanism to determine the parking management operator,” he outlined.
The tender is alleged to have been merely a formality, as the proposal documents from participants—Sidimpuan Consumer Cooperative Two Four Jaya and CV Mahesa Dwi Fazza Contractor-Supplier—were prepared by the Transportation Department itself.
“Through this process, Sidimpuan Consumer Cooperative Two Four Jaya was subsequently appointed as the parking manager. Yet according to Presidential Regulation Number 16 of 2018, as amended by Presidential Regulation Number 12 of 2021, the selection of service providers should have been conducted through the Procurement Service Unit (ULP) by a Working Group (Pokja),” he stated.
The cooperation was formalised in Cooperation Agreement Number 800/2024/DISHUB/IV/2024 dated 17 April 2024 between the Padangsidimpuan City Transportation Department and the cooperative.
“In this agreement, the cooperative was required to remit Rp41 million per month. However, investigators discovered an alternative arrangement outside the official obligation—an additional monthly payment of Rp25.3 million to AP,” he said.
A similar practice occurred in the following year’s cooperation through Cooperation Agreement Number 800/2024/DISHUB/5/2025 dated 31 December 2024. In this cooperation, the remittance obligation was set at Rp45 million per month with an additional monthly payment of Rp25 million outside the official obligation.
“From the series of transactions throughout 2024 to 2025, the total funds allegedly received by AP from the cooperative reached Rp432.4 million. These funds are alleged to have originated from street-side parking management, which should have been official revenue for the local treasury,” he stated.
For his actions, AP was subsequently detained for the next 20 days, from 11 March to 30 March 2026, at the Tanjung Gusta Class II A State Detention Centre in Medan. The detention was carried out based on Detention Order Letter Number PRINT-01/L.2.15/Fd/03/2026.
“Additionally, the threatened sentence in this case is also more than five years imprisonment. In this case, AP is accused of violating Article 12 letter (b) of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Offences or Article 11 of the same Law, in conjunction with Article 20 letter (c) and Article 126 paragraph (1) of Law Number 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code,” he concluded.