KPK Suspects Bebizie Received Funds from Coal Corporation Implicated in Corruption Case
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has stated that Jakarta DPRD member Bebizie Sri Mulyati is suspected of receiving money from a coal corporation in Kutai Kartanegara that has been named a suspect in an alleged corruption case.
The allegation was confirmed by investigators when they examined the Chair of the North Jakarta Regional Leadership Council of the National Mandate Party (PAN) as a witness on Thursday, 13 August 2026.
Acting Director of Investigations at the KPK, Achmad Taufik Husein, said the corporation in question is suspected of being affiliated with former Kutai Kartanegara Regent Rita Widyasari.
“These companies, in addition to being jointly involved because the structure of these three corporations is still affiliated with RW [Rita Widyasari], also received proceeds from mining activities, some of which were handed over to RW, and some of which, with RW’s knowledge or for RW’s interests, were channelled to several parties, including the witness who was examined by investigators a few days ago,” Taufik said at the KPK’s Red and White Building in Jakarta on Wednesday evening (19/8).
Taufik was not yet able to provide information regarding the amount of money received by Bebizie. He said that matter must first be asked of the investigators handling the case.
“As for the amount, we will confirm it first because the data has not been prepared. However, there were flows of funds from these three affiliated companies that were used either with the suspect’s knowledge or for the interests of suspect RW,” he said.
Taufik reminded that the return of money by a witness in the handling of an alleged corruption case constitutes good faith and will be considered by investigators.
“So, we have not yet reached the point of seeking criminal accountability when a witness returns findings suspected to be proceeds of crime that flowed to the person concerned,” he said.
Meanwhile, after being examined, Bebizie explained her position that led to her being questioned by the KPK as a witness in a case of alleged money laundering with the predicate offence of gratification per metric tonne of coal in the Kutai Kartanegara area, East Kalimantan.
Bebizie said she had once accepted an invitation as a singer from a company whose name she did not disclose.
“My status was as a singer performing at an event in East Kalimantan, so I was asked what the connection was. Then I explained that in 2017-2018 I sang twice in East Kalimantan, invited by a PT, there was a PT that invited me,” Bebizie said after undergoing examination as a witness at the KPK’s Red and White Building in Jakarta on Thursday afternoon (13/8).
She said the investigators’ examination concerned payment transactions from the company to her in 2017-2018.
“Professionally, yes. That’s all. Around 29 (questions),” she said.
Some time ago, the KPK named three coal companies in Kutai Kartanegara as suspects in an alleged corruption case. The case is still connected to former Kutai Kartanegara Regent Rita Widyasari.
The three companies named as suspects by the KPK based on an Investigation Order issued last February are PT Sinar Kumala Naga, PT Alamjaya Barapratama, and PT Bara Kumala Sakti.
The three are coal-producing companies located in Kutai Kartanegara Regency and are suspected of having been used as instruments for Rita to receive gratification.
As the process has progressed, many witnesses have also been examined. They include Rita Widyasari, Member of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives from the NasDem faction Nabil Husein Said Amin Al Rasydi, General Chairman of Pemuda Pancasila Japto Soerjosoemarno, and a private individual named Geisz Chalifah.