KPK Uncovers Use of Nominee Accounts in Muara Enim Regent Corruption Case

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has stated that nominee accounts, held in the names of other people, were used in the alleged bribery case that has ensnared Muara Enim Regent Edison. “That is correct. These individuals used several nominee accounts,” said KPK Spokesperson Budi Prasetyo at the KPK’s Merah Putih Building in Jakarta on Tuesday. According to Budi, the parties made nominees included office boys and employees within the Muara Enim District Government in South Sumatra. “There are accounts in the name of an office boy, several district government employees, and they also used other accounts,” he said. He added that the parties involved in the case employed a method of opening nominee accounts to hold sums of money and then closing them. “This means opening an account for storage, and once that account was emptied or the funds distributed, they would open a new account,” he stated. Previously, on Monday, the KPK announced the arrest of ten people in a sting operation in South Sumatra and Jakarta, comprising five individuals from the Muara Enim District Government and five from the private sector. The KPK also announced that one of the ten arrested was Muara Enim Regent Edison. Edison was arrested in South Sumatra and brought to Jakarta by the KPK on Tuesday. This sting operation marked the 12th conducted by the KPK during 2026. On Tuesday, the KPK named Edison as one of four suspects in an alleged bribery case related to procurement within the Muara Enim District Government.