JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Attorney General Office (AGO) has just detained Golkar Party key leader Irianto MS Syafiuddin aka Yance, who is former Regent of Indramayu, on Friday (Dec. 5) noon after interrogated as a graft suspect.

AGO’s Spokesperson Tony T Spontana told the press that AGO has collected enough evidences to detain Yance. The detainment is accordance to Attorney General’s letter No. 33/F.2/Fd.1/12/2014.

Tony revealed that Yance will be detained at the Salemba detention center for next 20 days.

As reported earlier, the prosecutors from the AGO has apprehended Yance from his private residence on early Friday (Dec. 5) morning for interrogation. Previously, Yance failed to answer the AGO’s summon for third time.

Yance has been named as graft suspect since Sep. 13, 2010, in a case related to land acquisition for construction of a coal-fired power plant (PLTU) in Sumur Adem, Indramayu, West Java. The project was conducted back in 2004 during Yance’s tenure as Indramayu Regent.

Yance served as Indramayu Regent for two periods (2000-2010). He is Chairman of Golkar’s West Java chapter since 2009 to present. Yance is known as one of loyalists of Golkar Chairman Aburizal “Ical” Bakrie. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)