NTB DPRD Member Lalu Arif Admits Receiving Rp200 Million from Accused Gratification Defendant
Mataram (ANTARA) - Member of the NTB Provincial DPRD, Lalu Arif Rahman Hakim, in testimony before the panel of judges at the Corruption Court at the Mataram District Court, admitted to receiving Rp200 million from one of the accused gratification defendants.
“Yes, there was (receiving Rp200 million) from Indra Jaya Usman (the defendant),” said Lalu Arif at the continuation hearing of the gratification case involving three NTB DPRD members, namely Indra Jaya Usman, Hamdan Kasim, and M. Nashib Iqroman in Mataram on Monday.
Before receiving the money in cash at Indra Jaya Usman’s house in Gunungsari Subdistrict, West Lombok Regency, Lalu Arif recounted the chronology before the panel of judges chaired by Dewi Santini.
“At that time, I was asked for BNBA (by name by address). So, the programme requested at that time by IJU (Indra Jaya Usman). It was in April 2025,” he said.
He admitted that the BNBA related to data for activities sourced from public aspirations.
The reason the defendant IJU requested the BNBA data was by conveying there was a programme worth Rp2 billion for 10 activities. This programme was for newly elected NTB DPRD members, including Lalu Arif.
He also confirmed that the programme mentioned was related to Desa Berdaya, a directive programme from the NTB Governor that absorbs a regional budget of Rp76 billion.
Eventually, upon meeting IJU at his house, Lalu Arif admitted that the defendant discussed many issues, but nothing about the programme.
“When I was about to leave, I was given a package by him (Indra Jaya Usman). His words were, hold it first, take it first,” he said.
“It turned out to contain money. The contents were around Rp200 million,” he said.
After finding out the package contained money, Lalu Arif confirmed it again with the defendant IJU the next day.
“Right away the next day, I confirmed and asked to meet. To confirm regarding that deposit. Finally, we agreed to meet at the office (NTB DPRD), and we met,” said Lalu Arif.
From the meeting with the defendant, Lalu Arif said that the money was the result of a team decision. If not taken, the programme would not be obtained.
The defendant also instructed Lalu Arif not to carry out the deposited programme. He was only asked to receive the money.
“So, later someone will teach how. We just receive the money,” he said.
Feeling restless, Lalu Arif eventually chose to deposit the money with the NTB High Prosecutor’s Office when he learned the handling process was at the investigation stage.
“Because I was worried, I considered this would become a problem. Besides, it wasn’t my right, I returned it (to the NTB High Prosecutor’s Office),” he said.
After hearing Lalu Arif’s testimony, the panel of judges immediately allowed the defendant Indra Jaya Usman to respond.
Indra firmly denied Lalu Arif’s testimony before the panel of judges. “Everything is not true,” said Indra.
Lalu Arif was the first witness presented by the public prosecutor in this continuation hearing of the NTB DPRD gratification case.
In addition to Lalu Arif, there are four other witnesses who are also NTB DPRD members with the status of recipients of gratification money present, namely Marga Harun, Harwoto, Rangga Danu, and Wahyu.