Corruption Project In South Buru, Director Of Vidi Citra Kencana Ivana Kwelju Detained By KPK

JAKARTA - Director of Vidi Citra Kencana Ivana Kwelju was detained by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Wednesday, March 2. Ivana is a suspect in the bribery case for the procurement of goods and services project in South Buru Regency, Maluku from 2011 to 2016.

Together with Ivana, the KPK has also ensnared the former regent of South Buru, Tagop Sudarsono Soulisa and his confidant Johny Rynhard Kasman. Both have been detained by the KPK some time ago.

The Deputy for Enforcement and Execution of the KPK, Karyoto, said that Ivana was being held at the KPK Red and White House Rutan. Ivana will languish in her detention cell for at least the first 20 days starting from today until March 21, 2022.

"The investigative team made an effort to forcefully detain suspects for the first 20 days starting March 2, 2022 until March 21, 2022 at the KPK Detention Center at the Red and White Building," Karyoto said at a press conference at the KPK Red and White Building, Jakarta.

Karyoto detailed that this case began in 2015, the South Buru Regency Government announced the existence of an infrastructure project package at the Public Works Agency (PU) with a budget source from the 2015 special allocation fund (DAK). project amounting to Rp 3.1 billion.

As the regent of South Buru, Tagop is suspected of unilaterally ordering Public Works officials to immediately determine Ivana's PT VCK as the winner of the project, even though the procurement process has not yet been carried out. Around February 2015, Ivana

"Around February 2015 before the auction was held, Tsk IK (Ivana Kwelju) allegedly sent money amounting to Rp. 200 million as a sign for the suspect TSS (Tagop Sudarsono Soulisa) through a bank account belonging to suspect JRK (Johny Rynhard Kasman) who is a confidant of the suspect TSS. by writing a statement on the delivery slip "Additional DAK to the bursel APBNP"," said Karyoto.

Then around August 2015, the auction process was carried out as a formality and declared PT Vidi Citra Kencana as the winner of the auction. In the same month, Ivana immediately submitted a request for an advance payment of 20 percent of the contract value of around Rp. 600 million and immediately the PPK complied with Tagop's initial order. Then in December 2015, the day after the contract execution period ended, Ivana was suspected of having again transferred around Rp. 200 million with the information on the delivery slip “U/ DAK ADDITIONAL” to Johny's bank account. .

Until the end of the contract implementation period, the 2015 Namrole inner city road construction project has not been fully completed. The money transferred by Ivana through Johny was allegedly used for various purposes for Tagop.

"Currently, the KPK will continue to investigate the alleged flow of a sum of money given by suspect IK to win various projects in the South Buru Regency Government," said Karyoto.

For the alleged crime, Ivana is suspected of violating Article 5 paragraph (1) letter a or Article 5 paragraph (1) letter b or Article 13 of Law Number 31 of 1999 as amended by Law Number 20 of 2001 concerning Amendments to Law Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption.