KPK Detains MM, Suspect in Rp1.5 Billion Bribe to Anwar Sadad
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has detained Moch Mahrus (MM), a member of the East Java Provincial Parliament (DPRD) for the 2024–2029 period, who is suspected of bribing Anwar Sadad, a member of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) for the 2024–2029 period. “The detention is for the first 20 days, from 28 July to 16 August 2026. The detention is being carried out at the KPK’s Gedung Merah Putih branch detention centre,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo to journalists in Jakarta on Tuesday (28/7).
Budi explained that the KPK detained MM after he was previously named a suspect in a case of alleged corruption in the management of grant funds for community groups (pokmas) within the East Java Provincial Government for the 2019–2022 fiscal year. He also explained that MM was named a suspect and subsequently detained in his capacity as a manager of the pokmas grant funds in Probolinggo Regency.
“MM is suspected of giving Rp1.5 billion in cash, approximately one kilogramme of gold, and paying off a house in Surabaya, as well as establishing an SPBE (bulk LPG filling station) business for AS through Bagus Wahyudiono (BGS),” he stated. According to Budi, the suspect MM allegedly gave or paid for these assets as a bribe to secure an allocation of pokmas grant funds belonging to Anwar Sadad, who was the Deputy Speaker of the East Java DPRD for the 2019–2024 period, totalling Rp83.4 billion.
Consequently, Budi stated that MM, as the alleged bribe-giver, is charged with violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or letter b, or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001, in conjunction with Article 55 paragraph (1) 1 of the old Criminal Code (KUHP).
Previously, the KPK announced that it had named 21 suspects in the development of the investigation into the alleged corruption case involving East Java grant funds. The case development relates to a sting operation in December 2022 targeting the Deputy Speaker of the East Java DPRD for 2019–2024, Sahat Tua Simanjuntak. On 2 October 2025, the KPK announced the identities of the 21 suspects. However, on 16 December 2025, the KPK halted the investigation for one suspect, East Java DPRD Speaker for 2019–2024 Kusnadi, who had passed away. The remaining 20 suspects are as follows:
A. Three suspects as bribe recipients in the East Java grant fund case:
Deputy Speaker of the East Java DPRD 2019–2024, Anwar Sadad (AS)
Deputy Speaker of the East Java DPRD 2019–2024, Achmad Iskandar (AI)
Anwar Sadad’s staff member, Bagus Wahyudiono (BGS)
B. Seventeen suspects as bribe givers in the East Java grant fund case:
East Java DPRD member 2019–2024, Mahfud (MHD)
Deputy Speaker of the Sampang DPRD 2019–2024, Fauzan Adima (FA)
Deputy Speaker of the Probolinggo DPRD 2019–2024, Jon Junaidi (JJ)
Private party from Sampang, Ahmad Heriyadi (AH)
Private party from Sampang, Ahmad Affandy (AA)
Private party from Sampang, Abdul Motollib (AM)
Private party from Probolinggo, currently an East Java DPRD member for 2024-2029, Moch. Mahrus (MM)
Private party from Tulungagung, A. Royan (AR)
Private party from Tulungagung, Wawan Kristiawan (WK)
Former Village Head from Tulungagung, Sukar (SUK)
Private party from Bangkalan, Ra Wahid Ruslan (RWR)
Private party from Bangkalan, Mashudi (MS)
Private party from Pasuruan, M. Fathullah (MF)
Private party from Pasuruan, Achmad Yahya (AY)
Private party from Sumenep, Ahmad Jailani (AJ)
Private party from Gresik, currently an East Java DPRD member for 2024-2029, Hasanuddin (HAS)
Private party from Blitar, Jodi Pradana Putra (JPP).
As of 22 July 2026, the KPK had only detained seven of the 20 suspects. They are Wawan Kristiawan, Sukar, Hasanuddin, and Jodi Pradana Putra for the bribery cluster related to Kusnadi, and Achmad Yahya, M. Fathullah, and Ra Wahid Ruslan for the bribery cluster related to Anwar Sadad and Bagus Wahyudiono.