Abdul Ghani Kasuba (21 December 1951 – 14 March 2025) was an Indonesian politician and the governor and lieutenant governor of North Maluku.Wahid Chandra Daulay, Dilantik Mendagri, Kasuba-Thaib resmi pimpin Maluku Utara. Merdeka, 5 May 2014. Accessed 30 August 2017.
Kasuba denoted South Halmahera Regency as a region he wanted to develop as the province's tourism hub.Widi Islands to be the Future of North Maluku Tourism. Tempo, 21 May 2017. Accessed 18 September 2017. In 2017, he inaugurated the Widi International Fishing Tournament as one of those ways.Aria Cindyara, N Maluku to boost maritime sector through fishing tourism. Antara, 24 August 2017. Accessed 30 August 2017.
After visiting representatives of the Jinchun Group in Guangzhou, Kasuba successfully negotiated for the group to build a nickel smelter on Obira in the Obi Islands.China`s Jinchun to in vest Rp9 trillion in North Maluku. Antara, 16 July 2016. Accessed 18 September 2017. He was later arrested on 20 December 2023 due to a corruption case.
Kasuba died in Ternate, North Maluku, Indonesia on 14 March 2025, at the age of 73.Mantan Gubernur Maluku Utara Abdul Ghani Kasuba Meninggal di Usia 73 Tahun
Corruption case On 18 December 2023, Kasuba was arrested by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) during a sting operation. He was transported back to Jakarta for interrogation and subsequently detained by the KPK. Kasuba, along with 18 other North Maluku provincial officials, faced allegation of receiving substantial funds from Infrastructure projects in the province with budget surpassing 500 billion rupiahs.
In the course of this operation, KPK confiscated cash totaling 725 million rupiahs as part of the suspected 2.2 billion rupiahs. Kasuba stood accused of his involvement in corrupt practices related to bidding processes for positions and the procurement of goods and services.
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