Investigating Allegations Of Corruption In South Buru, KPK Examines Witness Liem Sin Tiong

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) examines witness Liem Sin Tiong as an entrepreneur to explore the implementation of the project carried out by the witness in South Buru Regency. related to infrastructure work projects in South Buru Regency, Maluku in 2011-2016. "The investigative team confirmed, among other things, related to the implementation of projects carried out by witnesses," said Acting KPK spokesman Ali Fikri in a statement in Jakarta, Friday 15 April. Investigators also confirmed the witness regarding the alleged flow of money for the suspect, former South Buru Regent Tagop Sudarsono Soulisa (TSS) from several contractor partners who were also working on the project in South Buru Regency. The KPK has named three suspects, namely Tagop and Johny Rynhard Kasman (JRK) from the private sector as the recipient of bribes and Ivana Kwelju (IK) from the private sector as ai giving bribes. In the construction of the case, the KPK explained that Tagop, who served as Regent of South Buru for the period 2011-2016 and 2016-2021, was suspected of paying more attention to various projects of the Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) of South Buru Regency, even from the start. more of the Tagop, among others, is to specifically invite the head of service and the head of the Highways Division to find out the list and budget value of each project work package.

Then, Tagop recommends and unilaterally determines which partners can be won to work on the project, either through the auction process or direct appointment. of the value of the work contract. Especially for projects from the special allocation fund, the amount of "fee" is set at around 7 to 10 percent and is added 8 percent of the value of the work contract. These projects are the construction of a road in the city of Namrole in 2015 with a project value of IDR 3.1 billion, the improvement of the Namrole inner city road (hotmix) with a project value of Rp. 14.2 billion, the improvement of the Wamsisi-Sp Namrole Modan Mohe (hotmix) road with a project value of Rp. 14.2 billion, and the improvement of the Waemulang-Biloro toll road with a project value of Rp. 21.4 billion. .On the receipt of a number of "fees", Tagop allegedly used a trusted person named Johny to receive a sum of money by using his bank account. Subsequently, the money was transferred to Tagop's bank account. The KPK also suspects that part of the "fee" received by Tagop of around Rp. 10 billion was given by Ivana because she had been chosen to work on one of the work projects whose budget was sourced from the special allocation fund in 2015. The Investigative Team confirmed, among other things, related to the implementation of the project carried out by the witness and the alleged flow of money to Tagop from several contractor partners who were also working on the project in South Buru Regency.