JAKARTA (yosefardi) – The Attorney General Office (AGO) has apprehended Golkar Party key leader Irianto MS Syafiuddin, who is former Regent of Indramayu, for interrogation as a suspect in a graft case related to land acquisition back in 2004 for construction of a coal-fired power plant (PLTU) in Sumur Adem, Indramayu, West Java.
AGO’s Spokesperson Tony T Spontana told Tribunnews that Irianto MS Syafiuddin aka Yance was taken from his private residence on early Friday (Dec. 5) morning after failed to answer the AGO’s summon for third time.
Yance has been named as graft suspect since Sep. 13, 2010. Other than Yance, AGO also named three other suspects in this case. They are Agung Rijoto (legal representative of PT Wihata Karya Agung), Daddy Haryadi (former Secretary of the Indramayu administration’s Committee of Land Acquisition for the State/P2TUN), and Mohammad Ichwan (former Deputy Head of the PT2UN Indramayu).
Yance served as Indramayu Regent for two periods (2000-2010). He is Chairman of Golkar’s West Java chapter since 2009 to present. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)