Back in 2018, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) conducted a sting operation in North Sumatera and arrested the then Regent of Labuhanbatu, Pangonal Harahap (PDIP). Just like a lot of other graft cases, Pangonal received bribes from local contractors namely Effendy Sahputra (nicknamed Asiong Cobra). The trial ended in 2019. Effendy tried his luck the next year and filed for a Reconsideration (PK) but the attempt failed, he was sentenced to three years in prison with a consideration that he was a Justice Collaborator. Towards the end of last week, the KPK conducted another sting operation in the same regency and once again arrested the regent, Erik Adtrada Ritonga (NasDem). What caught our attention is the fact that the KPK also arrested Affendy and named him suspect as the briber, just four years after he was sentenced.
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