KPK Interrogates Gus Arif and Fahd A Rafiq Regarding Summarecon HGB Case
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) interrogated two suspects in the bribery case involving the management of PT Summarecon’s Building Rights (HGB) on Monday (21/9).
KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo stated that the two suspects being questioned by investigators are Golkar Party politician Fahd El Fouz, also known as Fahd A Rafiq, and the former Regent of Kebumen, Arif Sugiyanto.
This interrogation marks the first session since the two individuals, who are close associates of the Minister of ATR/BPN Nusron Wahid, were named suspects last Tuesday (15/9).
“The interrogation of the suspects is part of the investigation process to thicken and strengthen the evidence required by investigators to build the construction of this case,” he told reporters.
Furthermore, Budi mentioned that investigators are also delving into all findings obtained from searches conducted both during the sting operation (OTT) and after the suspects were named.
“Both those obtained during the series of investigation activities and those following the case’s escalation to the investigation stage,” he added.
In this case, the KPK has named eight individuals as suspects in the alleged bribery and other illegal gratifications within the Ministry of ATR/BPN. These include the Head of the Bogor I Regency Land Office, Sontang Coin Manurung; Golkar politician Fahd El Fouz; former Regent of Kebumen, Arif Sugiyanto; and the President Director of PT Summarecon Agung Tbk, Adrianto Pitojo Adhi.
The four other suspects are the Director General of Land and Spatial Control and Enforcement at the Ministry of ATR/BPN, Lampri, as well as Muhammad Fakhry, Erwin, and Rizal Pahlevi.
Arif, Fahd, Erwin, and Muhammad Fakhry have been identified by the KPK as trusted associates of the Minister of ATR/BPN, Nusron Wahid.
During a sting operation conducted in the Jabodetabek area on Monday (14/9), the KPK caught 19 people red-handed and discovered evidence in the form of cash totalling IDR 106.3 billion. The money was found at Arif’s house in several red suitcases containing Indonesian Rupiah and foreign currencies, specifically: IDR 31.86 billion, US$2,611,500, SGD 1,974,500, SAR 910 (Saudi Riyal), and RM 981 (Malaysian Ringgit).
Additionally, cash amounting to IDR 896 million was found at the house of Rizal Pahlevi (private sector); IDR 8 million was found at the house of the Head of the Rights Determination and Land Registration Section at the Bogor I Regency Land Office, Zimamun Ni’am Aulawi; and IDR 49.5 million was found at the house of the Head of the Bogor I Regency Land Office, Sontang Coin Manurung.