JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The National Police’s Criminal Investigation Division (Bareskrim Polri) has on Wednesday (July 8) questioned the Governor of Bengkulu Junaidi Hamsyah as a witness related to further investigation into corruption allegation in the development of the M Yunus regional hospital in the province that caused Rp5.4 billion of state loses.
The case had previously dragged three other people as graft convicts; dr. Zulman Zuhri Amran, Hisar C Sihotang, and Darmawi. Back in December 2014, the Bengkulu Corruption Court sentenced Zulman to four years in prison. The court also sentenced Hisar to two years and ten months in jail. While Darmawi got three years and ten months jail term.
At the heart of this case is the issuance of a governor letter (SK) No. Z.17 XXXVIII/2011 regarding the Advisory Team for the Management of the M Yunus Regional Hospital that comprises of 20 members. Said governor letter is allegedly violating the Home Minister Regulation No. 61/2007 as the regulation didn’t stipulate an advisory team for the provincial public service agency (BLUD), including regional hospital.
Junaidi Hamsyah lead the Bengkulu province since December 2012 after the Supreme Court (MA) sentenced Agusrin Najamuddin to four years in prison. Previously, Agusrin and Junaidi won 2010 Bengkulu gubernatorial election with support of the Democratic Party and PAN. He is now seeking for his second term as Bengkulu Governor in the 2015 simultaneous regional elections. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)