In Peshawar, a big scandal of manipulation of one billion gloves of caretaker government came to light. Regarding 2 crore 82 lakh gloves, the concerned officers were unaware.
According to the documents, the health department has decided to purchase examination gloves in 2024, gloves worth Rs 98.39 crore were purchased in February, March.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said that there were income cuts made by suspects in the alleged corruption case in the Semarang City Government (Pemkot). The cuts were made to the collection money quota and were confirmed to be not in accordance with applicable regulations.
“There are allegations of deductions from the employees’ wage quotas, so that the take-home pay received by the employees is reduced from what they should receive,” said KPK spokesperson Tessa Mahardhika Sugiarto at the KPK’s Red and White Building, South Jakarta, yesterday.
Tessa has not been able to detail the total amount of the fund cuts that were made. Until now, investigators are still investigating. “Can’t be conveyed (the total cuts),” said Tessa.
The KPK conducted a marathon search of 66 locations related to the alleged corruption case in the Semarang City Government. Investigators seized documents, electronic evidence, up to Rp1 billion and EUR9,650.
There are three alleged corruption cases being investigated by the KPK in Semarang. The cases are alleged bribery in the procurement of goods and services, extortion of civil servants over the collection of regional taxes and levies, and the receipt of gratuities.
Based on the information gathered, they are the Mayor of Semarang Hevearita Gunaryanti Rahayu, Hevearita’s husband, Alwin Basri, the Chairman of Gapensi Martono, and the private sector Rahmat U Djangkar. (P-2)
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The corruption trial of Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez began today (5/13) with jury selection, a case that could undermine his re-election chances and determine which party controls the Senate after November’s elections.
Menendez, 70, and two New Jersey businessmen are accused of bribery. The senator’s wife Nadine is also accused, but she will be tried separately. All four have pleaded not guilty.
Once cleared, Menendez hopes to run again for a fourth term in the Senate as an independent. Recent polls, however, show he is unpopular with New Jersey voters, and several Democratic senators, including Cory Booker, have called for him to resign. Democrats and the independents who support them have a narrow majority (51-49) in the Senate.
According to prosecutors, the Menendezs received cash – much of it hidden in clothing in their home – as well as gold bars and a Mercedes-Benz in exchange for the senator’s influence in New Jersey and helping the governments of Egypt and Qatar.
The senator allegedly promised to help Egypt secure an arms contract and other military aid while helping his co-defendant, Wael Hanna, an American-Egyptian businessman, secure a lucrative monopoly on the certification of halal meat exports to Egypt. He also allegedly tried to help co-defendant Fred Dibes receive millions of dollars from a Qatari investment fund and intervened to stop a federal investigation into him in New Jersey.
The offenses were committed between 2018 and 2023.
A fifth defendant, Jose Uribe, pleaded guilty to bribery and fraud in March and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
Nadine Menendez’s trial has been set for July 8. The case was separated after her lawyers explained that she is suffering from a serious illness that requires a long recovery.
Attorneys for Robert Menendez have hinted in court documents that if he testifies he could impeach his wife by revealing marital conversations that would exonerate him while incriminating her. Menendez may explain what was discussed at dinners with Egyptian officials and present his wife’s justifications for why Hanna and Uribe gave her monetary gifts.
Defense attorneys may also call a psychiatrist who will testify that the senator routinely hid cash in his home because he was “afraid of missing it.” It was a habit he acquired after the Cuban government confiscated his family’s property – before he himself was born – and his father killed himself after his son stopped paying his gambling debts.
This is Menendez’s second trial on corruption charges. In 2017, a mistrial was declared after jurors could not reach a verdict on whether the senator broke the law by providing assistance to a wealthy eye doctor, Salomon Melgen, in exchange for lavish gifts and contributions to his political career.
Menendez was chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Affairs Committee until last September, when he resigned after being impeached.
Sources: APE-MPE, Reuters
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The Corruption Crime Directorate (Ditipidkor) of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Indonesian National Police confirmed that it had summoned 22 people as witnesses in the alleged corruption case of the 2020 Solar Street Lighting (PJUTS) project at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources. Of that number, 16 witnesses have been questioned, while the rest are scheduled to be questioned.
“Currently, 22 people have been summoned, with 16 people already being questioned, and 6 more people scheduled for questioning,” said Deputy Director of Corruption Crimes (Wadirtipidkor) Senior Commissioner Arief Adiharsa when confirmed on Thursday (25/7).
Arief did not reveal the identities of the witnesses because the investigation process is still ongoing. He also said that the determination of suspects might be done after the examination of witnesses.
“Many investigations and other actions have been carried out to gather evidence. If the evidence is sufficient, it will be continued with the determination of the suspect,” said Arief.
Arief also added that during the examination process, no party obstructed the investigation, and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources was cooperative.
“Until now there have been no obstacles, and progress is according to plan,” said Arief.
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Previously, the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Indonesian National Police searched the office of the Directorate General of New, Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation (EBTKE) of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources on Thursday (4/7), and confiscated various pieces of evidence such as documents, mobile phones, hard disk, flash disk, HDD, computer CPU, to laptop.
The PJUTS project is a government program run by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources through the Directorate General of EBTKE with funding sources from the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN).
Due to this alleged corruption, the state is estimated to have suffered losses of up to Rp64 billion, although this figure could still change because the investigation is still ongoing. (Z-20)
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