KPK Names Ex-Cirebon Regent Money Laundering Suspect
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5 October 2019 00:05 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has officially named former Cirebon regent Sunjaya Purwadisastra as a suspect in a money laundering case (TPPU).
The anti-graft agency also found pieces of evidence that Sunjaya had laundered money from the Rp51 billion worth of graft money he received.
“The suspect SUN, Cirebon regent, has committed, transferred, redirected, and spent money obtained through graft,” said KPK deputy chairman Laode M. Syarif in a press conference today.
Previously, Sunjaya was sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment in a case involving a trade of governmental position. The presiding judge at the time found him guilty of receiving Rp100 million for his illegal act.
According to the KPK, the former Cirebon regent is thought to have received graft money from an entrepreneur in the procurement of goods and services valued at Rp31.5 billion, among other graft cases, with a total value of over Rp 9 billion.
M ROSSENO AJI