KPK Detains East Java DPRD Member Moch Mahrus Over Alleged SPBE Bribery and Gold Graft
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained Moch Mahrus (MM), a suspect in a case concerning alleged bribery over community group (pokmas) grant funds from East Java Province between 2019 and 2022. Mahrus allegedly provided money, gold, and even paid for the establishment of a biodiesel (SPBE) business for a member of the House of Representatives who at the time served as a leader of the East Java Regional Legislative Council (DPRD), Anwar Sadad, who is also a suspect.
“MM is suspected of providing cash amounting to Rp 1.5 billion, gold weighing around 1 kilogram, settling payment for one house in Surabaya, and paying for the establishment of an SPBE business for AS (Anwar Sadad) through BGS (Bagus Wahyudiono), in order to secure an allocation of pokmas grant funds totalling Rp 83.4 billion,” KPK spokesman Budi Prasetyo told reporters on Tuesday (28/7/2026).
Budi said Mahrus was the manager of pokmas grant funds for the Probolinggo area. Mahrus will be held for the next 20 days at the KPK detention centre in Kuningan, Jakarta.
“Suspect MM was the manager of pokmas grant funds for Probolinggo Regency, and is subsequently suspected of being the party that bribed suspect AS in the processing of those grant funds,” he said.
For his actions as the giver, Mahrus is charged under Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or letter b, or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 on the Eradication of Corruption, as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001, in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1st of the Criminal Code.
Mahrus was detained by the KPK from today. He came down from the KPK interrogation room at around 5.25pm local time, wearing a KPK detainee vest with his hands in handcuffs.
Previously, on Wednesday (22/7), the KPK detained three new suspects. All three were the givers in this case, namely:
Achmad Yahya M (AY), a private party
M Fathullah (MF), a private party
Ra. Wahid Ruslan (RWR), a private party
For information, the KPK has so far named 21 suspects in this case concerning the processing of community group grant funds from the East Java Provincial budget for 2019-2022. The naming of these suspects is a development from a case that has already ensnared former Deputy Speaker of the East Java DPRD, Sahat Tua Simanjuntak.