Djakarta – Bandung Mayor Muhammad Farhan said that the Vice Mayor of Bandung, Erwin, who is a suspect in a case of abuse of power, is being treated in the hospital. However, Farhan did not explain Erwin’s illness because of the doctor’s authority. “He is being treated at the Bandung Kiwari Regional Hospital. Well, this (the illness he is suffering from) is under the authority of the doctor,” Farhan confirmed on Friday (12/12/2025). Farhan said the bureaucracy in Bandung City is working properly. He is optimistic that the services provided to the community will also function well. Scroll TO CONTINUE CONTENT “If God wills, the system will work as it should,” Farhan said. It is known that the vice mayor of Bandung Erwin and member of the Bandung City DPRD and chairman of the Bandung City NasDem Party, Rendiana Awangga, are suspects in the case handled by the prosecutor’s office. Erwin and Rendiana Awangga are suspects in a case of abuse of power by requesting work packages from officials within the Bandung City Government. “The team of prosecutors investigating special crimes raised the status of a general investigation to the special investigation stage by naming two suspects: Brother E as vice mayor of Bandung and Brother RA as a member of the Bandung City DPRD,” Head of the Bandung City Prosecutor’s Office, Irfan Wibowo, said in a press conference at the Jalan Jerlan Jalan Prosecutor’s Office in Jalan. by detikJabar, Wednesday (10/12). He said that it was proven that both of them abused their power by asking for work packages from officials within the Bandung City Government. “The people involved have collectively abused their power by requesting work packages from officials within the Bandung City Government, favoring affiliated parties,” he explained. However, the Bandung Prosecutor’s Office stressed that they did not detain the two. This is because the detention of councilors still requires the approval of the Home Secretary. (dwr/lir)